On Fri, 16 Mar 2012 15:58:51 +0000, john gennard wrote: > I've been using Debian since Slink days, but I'm now 81 and had a stroke > some 30 months ago which has done severe damage to my brain.
Get my sincerely congrats, sir, for still having the joy to play with computers and messing with Mutt :-) (...) > Would someone kindly explain what Mutt does when it launches, If you run Mutt with debug flag you will get more information: mutt -d2 And then: cat .muttdebug0 (don't send this log file to any public source because it can contain sensitive data, is just for your review) > and give the .muttrc entries for mbox, maildir (which I use), and how > Mail fits in. I run from my user John's home directory. Are you using a local mailbox or a pop3/imap local account? There's a nice guide here: My first mutt / Mail storage http://mutt.blackfish.org.uk/storage/ > Sorry to ask such a simple question, but it's so frustrating to be in > this state. There is nothing to sorry about. Mutt configuration it can be a bit cryptic. I still barely use the 15% of its capabilities :-P Greetings, -- Camaleón -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/jjvrul$gio$6...@dough.gmane.org