On Sun, May 20, 2001 at 11:45:50AM -0400, Brendan Cully sat at the 'puter and typed:
> On Saturday, 19 May 2001 at 15:57, Louis LeBlanc wrote:
> > Anyway, here is my current roadblock:
> > I have the following in ~/.muttrc
> >
> > set folder={acadia.ne.mediaone.net}
> > set spoolfile="{acadia.ne.mediaone.net}INBOX
>
> did you forget the closing quote here or in your .muttrc?
>
You bet. As a matter of fact, this message took so long showing up in
my mutt folder, I assumed it was lost. I posted it on comp.mail.mutt,
and shortly afterward, I found the problem myself. Of course I had to
repost and eat some crow :) BTW, I am blaming lack of sleep for that
stupid mistake :)
In addition to the quote, I added INBOX to the end of the folder
definition. Now I get the inbox upon startup.
> > set imap_user="leblanc"
> > set hostname="acadia.ne.mediaone.net"
> >
> > when I start mutt, it logs into the server ok, but then starts up
> > with
> > "Mailbox does not exist"
>
> This shouldn't happen. Assuming you've got the quote right in your
> .muttrc, can you run mutt with -d2 (if you've built mutt with
> --enable-debug) and send me
> your ~/.muttdebug0 file?
>
Actually, adding the INBOX tag to the end of the folder spec fixes
this.
> > In order to check messages, I have to change to the folder
> > explicitly
> > (meaning c -> {acadia.ne.mediaone.net}INBOX)
> > How do I get mutt to start up with the Inbox folder?
> > Also, when I want to change to another folder, I have to do the
> > same
> > full path change (c -> {acadia.ne.mediaone.net}INBOX.mutt), isn't
> > there a shortcut method? What am I missing here?
>
> you should be able to use =INBOX.mutt. And tab-completion should
> work
> for you.
>
Now, I can just use =mutt. I hadn't yet realized that tab-completion
was even available - but now I know, and it does work -thanks! :)
> > One more minor thing. When I delete a file, I would like to
> > simply
> > move it to the Trash folder. I know this isn't the defined imap
> > behavior, but I am kind of used to it. How can that be done?
>
> You need to write a macro to save your message to a trash folder and
> bind it to a key (possibly the current delete key). Something like:
>
> macro index d "<save-message>=Trash\n" "Move message to the trash
> folder"
> macro pager d "<save-message>=Trash\n" "Move message to the trash
> folder"
>
> might work for you, although I don't guarantee it (I hardly ever
> write
> macros, and don't use a trash folder). Search the archives if it
> doesn't, this is asked a lot.
>
The index macro works, so I assume the pager macro does too. Thanks!
> > And last one (for this message, anyway), Notice my From: header.
> > I
> > had to add the @<servername> because mutt isn't doing it. I can't
> > find where to do that in the manual. Any pointers?
>
> no comment here. But I get the impression from your from address
> that
> you're manually overriding the From header somehow, so this
> behaviour
> is probably to be expected...
>
Actually, the From: header just defaults to the following:
From: Louis LeBlanc <leblanc>
When I subscribe to a list, I usually just create a folder for it and
subscribe as "[EMAIL PROTECTED]", and let
sendmail sort it to the right folder - that way I don't have to wait
for a macro to search the new messages and move them around.
However, when I write to a closed list (like mutt), I have to modify
that header with the correct (subscribed) address. If I don't,
sendmail will add it, but it seems to slow down delivery. Is there a
way I can set the From: header automatically? Will my_hdr override
it? I think I will try it out. Hey, if I can even set it based on
the recipients (if it is a subscribed maillist) then so much the
better. Especially since I am prone to fat-fingering the keyboard
from time to time. As a matter of fact, I accidentally sent this same
message (mostly) with a bad From: header
(From: Louis LeBlanc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>)
so I got a message that it would need to be approved by the list
admin. My bad. Sorry if everyone gets the same message twice.
Hey, I love mutt! Is there any chance I can get it to read news too?
Or is there another tool like mutt to do that? I hope it will,
because I often find usenet messages I know I will need later, and I
save them in other imap folders created for a particular subject.
Thanks a million!
Lou
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Louis LeBlanc
Fully Funded Hobbyist, KeySlapper Extrordinaire :)
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://acadia.ne.mediaone.net ԿԬ
