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Pine prints no message

Since the % command won't produce scrolling text, we'll have to produce it another way -- by saving the mail to a Unix file, and then displaying that file on the screen in scrolling form using Unix's cat command:

1. Save the pine message to a file on your Unix account
   1. If you want to handle each message separately, type E (for Export) at each message you want to print, giving a distinct filename (e.g., print1, print2, etc.) for each
   2. If you want to print them all at once
      1. Type S (for Save) at the first message
      2. Give a generic name for the folder to be used (e.g., print.aug20)
      3. Confirm that you want to create this new folder
      4. S(ave) each subsequent message into the same folder.
2. When you finish and quit pine, then, at the Unix command prompt:
   1. If you did single files in step 1 above, type cat filename for each file (substituting the appropriate filename each time)
   2. If you saved to a folder in step 1, type cat mail/ foldername (substituting the name of the folder you saved the messages in)
   but in either case, do NOT press enter after typing the cat command.
3. Carry out the steps shown in the previous section, depending on your communications program's capabilities. The only difference is that you'll be pressing return (steps A2, B1, or C3 in the previous section) to execute the cat command, instead of to confirm the pine % command.