On Thu, Jan 24, 2002 at 03:48:09PM -0800, Paul E Condon scribbled... > I am starting to learn to use real Debian email. I have mutt, fetchmail, and > exim working. But I am having trouble reading my email because I have diffi- > culty reading deep blue characters on a black background or other pairings > that > are pre-configured options. How / Where can I configure background/foreground > pairings that work for my eyes? Add this to your ~/.muttrc (or ~/.mutt/muttrc) and play with the settings. #color normal white default color hdrdefault red default # Things like to, date, etc. color quoted brightblue default # ?? color signature red default color indicator red white color error brightred default color status brightwhite blue color tree magenta default # the thread tree in the index menu color tilde magenta default color message brightcyan default color markers brightcyan default color attachment brightmagenta default color search default green # how to hilite search patterns in the pager
color header brightred default ^(From|Subject): color body magenta default "(ftp|http)://[^ ]+" # point out URLs color body magenta default [EMAIL PROTECTED] # e-mail addresses color underline brightgreen default