Pine is an email client: the University of Washington's "Program for Internet News & Email." Many people believe that Pine stood for "Pine is not Elm." However, its original author, Laurence Lundblade, insists this was never the case and that it started off simply as a word and not an acronym.

There are both Unix and Windows versions of Pine. The Unix version is command line interface-based. Its user interface inspired Pico. Individuals associated with the university (students, faculty, staff, etc.) are also able to use WebPine, a version of Pine implemented as a web application. Webpine has several interesting characteristics:

- Ease of use: at the cost of fewer advanced features compared to its UNIX and Windows counterparts

- Accessibility: only requires a web browser and proper university credentials

Pine and Pico are registered trademarks of the University of Washington.

See also

• List of email clients
• Comparison of email clients

External links

• Pine's official homepage
• FAQ for comp.os.pine
• E.g. How to move deleted mail to a trash folder
• All about pine
  • E.g. Transferring pine configurations To an From an IMAP server
• regualily updated pine bookmarks log with new links on pine