Pine upgraded from version 3.96 to 4.03

        Central UNIX pine has been upgraded from 3.96 to 4.03 as a
        result of a software security alert.

What is the Reason for this Upgrade?

        Cal Poly received several software security alerts that
        identified Pine, among several email software products, as being
        susceptible to a known security problem.  The problem, when
        exploited, would allow another user to execute commands under
        the recipients login ID.  As a result of this security problem,
        it was deemed necessary to upgrade to the latest version of pine
        which contains code that prevents the exploit from happening.

Who is Affected by this Upgrade?

        All pine users will see a difference in the pine interface with
        this new version.   Details of the changes can be found at
        http://www.washington.edu/pine/changes.html.   General
        Information on pine can be found at
        http://www.washington.edu/pine/ and the Cal Poly User Guide for
        pine can be found at
        http://www.calpoly.edu/~ias/userguides/CentralUNIX/ along with
        several other user guides targeted at Central UNIX users.

What Services will be Affected and How?

        Along with pine, pico and pilot were also upgraded with no
        significant changes noted.   No other services are affected by
        this upgrade.

What is the Expected Outcome of this Upgrade?

        Some of the more notable changes in this new version are:
        
        o       Several command character changes in the new release of
                pine.  Some users will find these confusing at first,
                but most old command characters still function with the
                exception of the print command character.
        
        O       Basic HTML interpretation within a mail message.
        
        O       Messages which are attached to other messages as a MIME
                attachment can now be viewed, forwarded, replied to,
                etc..
        
        o       Pine 4.03 requires about 1 MegaByte more memory than
                version 3.96.  As a result, users may see a performance
                degradation when large numbers of users are using pine.
        
        Pine will continue to remain supported until the migration of
        OpenMail is complete.   Its status after that point has yet to
        be determined.
        
        Please report any problems with this new version via email to
        bugs@polymail.calpoly.edu or call the Help Desk at 756-7000.