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Getting Help with Alpine

1.1 What documentation is available for Alpine?

The Alpine program itself includes extensive internal, context-sensitive help, accessible by pressing ? or ^G in most screens. Pressing R while at Alpine's MAIN MENU displays the Release Notes. You may find some useful information at:

The Alpine Information Center on the World Wide Web at the URL:
http://www.washington.edu/alpine/
The Pine Information Center on the World Wide Web at the URL:
http://www.washington.edu/pine/ may still have many entries relevant to Alpine, which is derived from Pine.

1.2 Whom should I ask for help with Alpine?

If you need assistance with Alpine, contact the technical support staff or computer help desk of your Internet Service Provider, school, university, employer, ... -- whichever organization provided you with the email account on which you are using Alpine. The University of Washington does not have the resources to provide individual support services to Alpine users at other organizations.

Alpine end-user questions are discussed in the alpine-info mailing list.