• Download latest alpine:

  curl -O http://patches.freeiz.com/alpine/release/src/alpine-2.20.tar.xz

• Install packages:

  sudo pacman -S base-devel ca-certificates

Extract the archive and enter the directory alpine-2.20:

tar xf alpine-2.20.tar.xz
cd alpine-2.20
./configure

• Compile and install:

  make
  sudo make install

• Start alpine. And exit the greeting text with 'e'.

  alpine
  
  #or create alias to start alpine and load config from IMAP Server:
  
  #Add line below to ~/.bashrc
  alias alpine='alpine -p "{mail.server.tld/user=your@emailaddress.com/ssl}remote_pinerc"'

Press s → c

Personal Name: Your Name
User Domaine: yourdomain.tld
SMTP Server (for sending): smtp.server.tld:25/tls/user=johndoe@mailserver.tld
Inbox path: {imap.server.tld:993/ssl/user=johndoe@mailserver.tld}inbox
Default Fcc (File carbon copy): {imap.server.tld:993/ssl/user=johndoe@mailserver.tld}Sent

If you want to use a postponed folder you can configure it, but it will ask you every time if you want to edit a postponed message

Postponed Folder: {imap.server.tld:993/ssl/user=johndoe@mailserver.tld}Drafts

Press s → c

[X]  Mark Fcc Seen

Press s → l → a

Nickname  : nickname
Server    : imap.server.tld:993/ssl/user=johndoe@mailserver.tld
Path      :
View      :

[X]  Hide Empty Directories
[X]  Separate Folder and Directory Entries