* SGT. Garcia <[email protected]> [02-28-15 16:24]:
> On Feb 28  12:48 -0500, Patrick Shanahan wrote:
> > * SGT. Garcia <[email protected]> [02-28-15 11:21]:
> > > ...the notion exist in browsers (elinks, firefox) but i was wondering if
> > > one could send remote commands to a running instance of mutt? for example
> > > to send mailto: uri action from a browser/cli/script.
> > 
> > certainly, configuragle within your browser.  Something like:
> >   mailto: /usr/bin/mutt %s
> > or perhaps:
> >           /usr/bin/xterm -e /usr/bin/mutt %s
> 
> but those would start a new _instance_ of mutt. i always have mutt running
> on tty1; i want to send mailto: command, if you like, to it.

There is no problem I am aware of running multiple instances of mutt as
long as you have file-locking.  I have been using mutt this way for > 10
years.
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