gmail -> offlineimap -> (local imap) -> alpine (under Ubuntu)

[Chris Barrington-Leigh]

Thanks. Yes, I have mutt working. I don't like the two-stage composition. 
I'm faster in alpine.

I wish you could help me with a pointer, if setup is so easy. After 
another two hours of trying, I haven't got it. I would be so grateful if 
someone could just tell me how to set up pine with dovecot? Or point me to 
instructions?