Alpine

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Alpine
The Alpine e-mail client
Developer:	The University of Washington
Package Info (pin)	openSUSE 11.2 openSUSE 11.1 openSUSE 11.0
License:	Apache License v2
Website:	http://www.washington.edu/alpine

Alpine' is a free software e-mail client developed at the University of Washington. Version 1.00 was publicly released on December 20, 2007.

Alpine is based on the Pine Message System. Alpine boasts that it is suitable for both inexperienced email users and the most demanding of power users and can be learned by exploration and the use of context-sensitive help. The user interface is highly customizable.

Users

Linus Torvalds, the primary force behind the development of Linux, has stated in an interview published by the Lifehacker weblog on 31 Jan, 2008 that he uses Alpine as his email client.

External links

• Patches and Help for Alpine