PINE in BASH on LINUX to access GMAIL.  :)

# (create a script:)

--> more bin/pine-gmail
#!/bin/bash
echo "using pine for google.com"
alpine -p .pine-google

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#  create a custom .pine file - add other configurations, shown are the necessary ones to work.
#     It is possible to improve this configuration and not have to use a password, this works ok... 
#  of course replace USEREMAIL with your gmail handle... (you already knew that, but just in case...)
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--> cat .pine-google | grep -E -v '(^#|^$)' | grep gmail
user-id=USEREMAIL@gmail.com
user-domain=gmail.com
smtp-server=smtp.gmail.com:587/tls/user=USEREMAIL@gmail.com
inbox-path={imap.gmail.com:993/ssl/novalidate-cert/user=USEREMAIL@gmail.com}INBOX
alt-addresses="USEREMAIL@gmail.com"
patterns-roles=LIT:pattern="/NICK=Alternate Role/FLDTYPE=EMAIL" action="/ROLE=1/FROM=luser /RTYPE=YES/FTYPE=YES/CTYPE=NO"
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