On Sat, Nov 20, 1999 at 12:05:04PM -0500, Fairlight wrote:
> On Sat, Nov 20, 1999 at 10:53:52AM -0600, brd thus spoke:
> > Hi all. I've just switched to mutt a few days ago, after using elm
> > for the past 6 or 7 years. So far, it's easy to pick up, and I'm
> > liking it. One question I do have, though, is what should the lists
> > command actually do?
> >
>
> You're missing the point of the lists command...no problem, I'll explain.
>
> 'lists' is not a replacement for procmail or any other filtering program.
> Mutt possesses no such creature, and never will. You'll need to continue
> to use procmail for that.
>
> What 'lists' does is take any of the expressions you put in it (ie,
> lists mutt-users) and when you're reading mail that was sent to one of the
> defined lists, you can hit "L" and it replies ONLY to the list it finds
> matched in the lists directive lines you set up...rather than the Reply-To
Ah, this makes sense. I knew there was the 'L' command and I knew there
was 'lists' in the muttrc, I just never put the 2 together. Thanks,
Brian
