Alpine (e-mail client)
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| Alpine | |
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 Alpine 1.10 folder view |
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| Developed by | University of Washington |
| Latest release | 1.10 / March 18, 2008 |
| OS | Cross-platform |
| Genre | E-mail client |
| License | Apache License |
| Website | washington.edu/alpine |
Alpine is a free software e-mail client developed at the University of Washington.
Alpine 1.0 was publicly released on December 20, 2007.
Alpine is a fast, easy to use email client based on the Pine Message System. Alpine boasts that it is suitable for both inexperienced email users and the most demanding of power users. Alpine is developed at the University of Washington, as was Pine before it. Alpine can be learned by exploration and the use of context-sensitive help. The user interface is highly customizable.
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[edit] Licensing
Alpine is licensed under the Apache License, version 2. November 29, 2006 saw the first public alpha release,[1][2] which forms a new approach since the alpha test of Pine was always non-public.
[edit] 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.[3]
[edit] References
- ^ Announce of Alpine 0.8 (English). Retrieved on 2006-12-14.
- ^ Alpine FTP download directory (English). Retrieved on 2006-12-19.
- ^ Interview with Linus Torvalds at linux.conf.au 2008 (English). Lifehacker (2008-01-31). Retrieved on 2008-01-31. “He uses a text-based email application called Alpine (the new version of longtime University of Washington mail app Pine)”
