[PLUG] pine: inserting a list of addresses

[Paul Heinlein]

On Fri, 16 Jan 2004, Rich Shepard wrote:

>   Every now and then I have need to send an e-mail to a list of
> recipients who are not in my addressbook. I discovered that I cannot
> use the file-insert (ctrl-k r) when the cursor is on the address
> field. Nor can I block the list of names displayed in a virtual
> terminal and copy them to the To: field in pine.
>
>   Is there a way of inserting a bulk list of names without entering
> each one individually?

Yeah, but it's a bit tricky. Put your address list (each address
followed by a comma) in an editor configured *not* to do line
wrapping. Then get all the addresses on one (long) line. Cut and paste
that into pine. Works for me, using vi and xterm.

-- Paul Heinlein <heinlein at madboa.com>