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Email Resources - Pine: Adding Addresses to the Address Book
Taking Steps for the Future

Taking Single Addresses

To take a single address from a message you are viewing or have selected in the index:
  1. At the Message Text or the Message Index screen, press T (TakeAddr).
    [Note: The T command is not visible on your screen unless you press O (OTHER CMDS), but you need not see this command to use it.]
    You see the Take Address screen. If there is more than one address to take, you see this message:
      [Single mode: Use "P" or "N" to select desired address]
    Use P (Prev), N (Next), or the up and down arrow keys to select the address you want, and press T (Take). At this point, or, if there is only one address to take, you see this message:
      Enter new or existing nickname (one word and easy to remember):
  2. Enter a nickname for your correspondent and press <Return>.
  3. Follow the instructions. (Type <Control>G if you need help.)

Taking Multiple Addresses to Build a Distribution List

To take multiple addresses from a message you are viewing or have selected in the index:
  1. Press T (TakeAddr).
    [Note: The T command is not visible on your screen unless you press O (OTHER CMDS), but you need not see this command to use it.]
    You see the Take Address screen and the following message:
      [Single mode: Use "P" or "N" to select desired address]
  2. Press L (ListMode).
  3. For each address you want to take, use P (Prev), N (Next), or the up and down arrow keys to select it, and then press X (Set/Unset) in the box to its left.
  4. Press T (Take). You see the following message:
      Enter new or existing nickname (one word and easy to remember):
  5. Enter a nickname for your list of correspondents and press <Return>.
  6. Follow the instructions. (Type <Control>G if you need help.)
 Last Updated: 11/26/07