configuration file query

[Bret Busby]

I currently am using PINE 4.64 running on Debian Linux 4.

I have also installed Ubuntu 8.04 on another partition on the same
computer.

Is the .pinerc file for PINE 4.64, usable by Alpine, and, would it be
changed (that would make it no longer usable by PINE 4.64) by Alpine?

I am awondering about accessing my mailbox on the mailserver, while I am
in Ubuntu, without harming my PINE installation.

Thank you in anticipation.

--
Bret Busby
Armadale
West Australia
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"So once you do know what the question actually is,
you'll know what the answer means."
- Deep Thought,
Chapter 28 of Book 1 of
"The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy:
A Trilogy In Four Parts",
written by Douglas Adams,
published by Pan Books, 1992

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[Eduardo Chappa]

On Wed, 8 Apr 2009, Bret Busby wrote:

:) Is the .pinerc file for PINE 4.64, usable by Alpine, and, would it be
:) changed (that would make it no longer usable by PINE 4.64) by Alpine?

You can use Pine and Alpine interchangeably with the same .pinerc file.
If you are afraid of anything failing, make a copy of the .pinerc file
and start Alpine with the "-p" option, for example

alpine -p ~/.pinerc-copy