<s>
Alpine	B-Language
is	O
a	O
free	B-Application
software	I-Application
email	B-Protocol
client	I-Protocol
developed	O
at	O
the	O
University	O
of	O
Washington	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Alpine	B-Language
is	O
a	O
rewrite	O
of	O
the	O
Pine	B-Operating_System
Message	O
System	O
that	O
adds	O
support	O
for	O
Unicode	O
and	O
other	O
features	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Alpine	B-Language
is	O
meant	O
to	O
be	O
suitable	O
for	O
both	O
inexperienced	O
email	O
users	O
and	O
the	O
most	O
demanding	O
of	O
power	B-General_Concept
users	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
Alpine	B-Language
can	O
be	O
learned	O
by	O
exploration	O
and	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
context-sensitive	B-Protocol
help	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
user	B-Application
interface	I-Application
can	O
be	O
customized	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Alpine	B-Language
shares	O
many	O
common	O
features	O
of	O
console	B-Device
applications	I-Device
,	O
like	O
a	O
rich	O
set	O
of	O
shortcut	O
keys	O
,	O
using	O
a	O
keyboard	O
instead	O
of	O
a	O
mouse	O
for	O
all	O
navigation	O
and	O
operations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
fact	O
,	O
all	O
operations	O
in	O
Alpine	B-Language
have	O
corresponding	O
shortcut	O
keys	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
other	O
console	B-Device
applications	I-Device
targeting	O
developers	O
and	O
experienced	B-General_Concept
users	I-General_Concept
,	O
which	O
often	O
require	O
users	O
to	O
edit	O
a	O
configuration	O
file	O
,	O
Alpine	B-Language
lets	O
users	O
change	O
most	O
configuration	O
options	O
within	O
the	O
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
makes	O
alpine	B-Language
one	O
of	O
the	O
most	O
easy	O
to	O
learn	O
console-based	O
email	B-Protocol
clients	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Alpine	B-Language
supports	O
IMAP	B-Protocol
,	O
POP	B-Protocol
,	O
SMTP	B-Protocol
,	O
NNTP	B-Protocol
and	O
LDAP	B-Protocol
protocols	O
natively	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Alpine	B-Language
can	O
read	O
and	O
write	O
to	O
folders	O
in	O
several	O
formats	O
,	O
including	O
Maildir	O
,	O
mbox	B-Application
,	O
the	O
mh	B-Protocol
format	O
used	O
by	O
the	O
mh	B-Protocol
message	I-Protocol
handling	I-Protocol
system	I-Protocol
,	O
mbx	O
,	O
and	O
MIX	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Alpine	B-Language
includes	O
its	O
own	O
editor	O
Pico	B-Operating_System
(	O
Pico	B-Operating_System
stands	O
for	O
PIne	B-Operating_System
COmposer	O
)	O
,	O
which	O
includes	O
commands	O
for	O
basic	O
editing	O
of	O
files	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
,	O
search	O
and	O
replace	O
,	O
spelling	O
,	O
and	O
justifying	O
of	O
text	O
,	O
besides	O
cut	O
and	O
paste	O
,	O
and	O
intuitive	O
navigation	O
commands	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
any	O
editor	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
compose	O
messages	O
in	O
Alpine	B-Language
,	O
using	O
the	O
Editor	O
configuration	O
variable	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Besides	O
being	O
able	O
to	O
set	O
up	O
an	O
alternate	O
editor	O
,	O
users	O
can	O
configure	O
more	O
than	O
a	O
hundred	O
variables	O
and	O
options	O
to	O
their	O
liking	O
,	O
including	O
setting	O
up	O
configuration	O
for	O
sending	O
and	O
receiving	O
e-mail	O
from	O
different	O
services	O
,	O
through	O
an	O
Incoming	O
Folders	O
collection	O
and	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
personalities	O
(	O
called	O
roles	O
in	O
Alpine	B-Language
)	O
,	O
and	O
therefore	O
a	O
user	O
can	O
share	O
the	O
same	O
address	O
book	O
between	O
different	O
accounts	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Alpine	B-Language
can	O
also	O
sort	O
individual	O
folders	O
by	O
several	O
criteria	O
,	O
including	O
threading	O
,	O
original	O
sender	O
,	O
recipient	O
,	O
and	O
size	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Alpine	B-Language
also	O
allows	O
users	O
to	O
configure	O
colors	O
,	O
filters	O
,	O
scores	O
,	O
and	O
character	O
set	O
of	O
the	O
display	O
among	O
others	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Your	O
configuration	O
and	O
address	O
books	O
can	O
be	O
saved	O
locally	O
or	O
on	O
a	O
remote	O
IMAP	B-Protocol
server	I-Protocol
,	O
so	O
that	O
they	O
be	O
accessible	O
to	O
you	O
wherever	O
you	O
are	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Alpine	B-Language
also	O
handles	O
encrypted	O
and	O
signed	O
messages	O
using	O
the	O
S/MIME	B-Protocol
standard	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
Alpine	B-Language
was	O
designed	O
to	O
be	O
accessible	O
to	O
beginners	O
,	O
it	O
can	O
be	O
easily	O
set	O
up	O
for	O
more	O
advanced	O
users	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
All	O
screens	O
in	O
Alpine	B-Language
include	O
built-in	O
help	O
,	O
which	O
can	O
be	O
quickly	O
accessed	O
with	O
the	O
CTRL-G	O
command	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Alpine	B-Language
1.0	O
was	O
publicly	O
released	O
on	O
December	O
20	O
,	O
2007	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
4	O
August	O
2008	O
,	O
the	O
UW	O
Alpine	B-Language
team	O
announced	O
that	O
after	O
one	O
more	O
release	O
,	O
incorporating	O
Web	O
Alpine	B-Language
2.0	O
,	O
they	O
would	O
"	O
shift	O
 [ their ] 	O
effort	O
from	O
direct	O
development	O
into	O
more	O
of	O
a	O
consultation	O
and	O
coordination	O
role	O
to	O
help	O
integrate	O
contributions	O
from	O
the	O
community.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
was	O
taken	O
to	O
mean	O
that	O
UW	O
no	O
longer	O
maintains	O
Alpine	B-Language
,	O
and	O
left	O
development	O
to	O
others	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
June	O
2009	O
,	O
a	O
project	O
named	O
re-alpine	O
was	O
created	O
on	O
SourceForge	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
was	O
used	O
as	O
an	O
upstream	B-General_Concept
for	O
patches	O
from	O
maintainers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
August	O
2013	O
,	O
the	O
re-alpine	O
project	O
official	O
announced	O
the	O
December	O
21	O
,	O
2012	O
,	O
release	O
of	O
Re-alpine	O
2.03	O
,	O
their	O
last	O
official	O
release	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
January	O
2013	O
,	O
Eduardo	O
Chappa	O
,	O
an	O
active	O
software	O
developer	O
formerly	O
from	O
the	O
University	O
of	O
Washington	O
,	O
has	O
released	O
newer	O
versions	O
of	O
Alpine	B-Language
from	O
his	O
site	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
His	O
announcement	O
was	O
made	O
public	O
on	O
the	O
Usenet	B-Application
newsgroup	I-Application
comp.mail.pine	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Most	O
major	O
Unix-like	B-Operating_System
systems	I-Operating_System
currently	O
use	O
this	O
as	O
the	O
primary	O
upstream	B-General_Concept
site	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
"	O
Alpine	B-Language
"	O
officially	O
stands	O
for	O
Alternatively	O
Licensed	O
Program	O
for	O
Internet	O
News	O
and	O
Email	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
UW	O
has	O
also	O
referred	O
to	O
it	O
as	O
"	O
Apache	O
Licensed	O
Pine	B-Operating_System
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Alpine	B-Language
is	O
licensed	O
under	O
the	O
Apache	B-Application
License	I-Application
(	O
version	O
2	O
-	O
November	O
29	O
,	O
2006	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
saw	O
its	O
first	O
public	O
alpha	O
release	O
December	O
20	O
,	O
2007	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
milestone	O
was	O
a	O
new	O
approach	O
,	O
since	O
the	O
alpha	O
test	O
of	O
Pine	B-Operating_System
was	O
always	O
non-public	O
.	O
</s>
