Duncan, Eric A. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> I changed the option for 'set editor="pico +9 -t"' and it is working
> fine for forwarding, composing or replying. But when viewing a new
> message, Mutt seems to be using the vi editor still.
Why would Mutt use an editor to "view" a message? Mutt should use its
built-in pager, which works very well.
> Is there a way to force mutt to 'execute a command' on
> startup? For example, hitting the 'SHIFT-G' key.
Yes, in your ~/.muttrc you can have a command "push G" which puts that
command on the keyboard input queue and will be executed once after Mutt
starts up.
> If there is such a way, is there a way to have it 'cycle' shift-G
> every 5 minutes or so to check for new mail?
It really seems like you want to use fetchmail to pull the user's mail
into their local spool mailboxes (since that *is* what happens when the
user hits 'G' anyway). It can poll on a periodic basis.
Either that, or you want to use IMAP, which Mutt supports natively
(though not as well as for the other mailbox formats).
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