Quoting john gennard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, who wrote:
> My mail is pulled to my /home/user/Mail directory which contains
> folders for filtered stuff from specific sources and an inbox for
> the remainder. I selected one of the .muttrc files on the web site
> (it was Felix von Leitner's) and amended and adjusted according to
> what I perceive as my simple needs.
>
> If I merely launch mutt, it refers to '/var/spool/mail/user' and
> says 'no messages'. If however I use 'mutt -f /home/user/Mail/inbox'
set spoolfile=~/Mail/inbox
or (if folder points to ~/Mail)
set spoolfile=+inbox
> (or /mutt, /debian, /auntsally etc), I get the contents of the quoted
> folder for viewing without problems. I've tried various changes to
> .muttrc, but so far have not hit upon the correct one (I assumed
> 'set folder=' would work but it does not).
folder is your ~/Mail or equiv directory, it allows you to use
mailbox names like +inbox or =inbox to refer to ~/Mail/inbox.
spoolfile is your mail spool, usually /var/spool/mail/user.
> Additionally, when after reading the mail I type 'd' for deletion,
> the folders I'm in is deleted.
I have this set up, too, but I like it! Try "set save_empty", I think
that will get what you want. That's the default, so you probably have
an "unset save_empty" somewhere in the cfg file you downloaded?
> Would some knowledgeable person kindly let me know what stupid
> errors I'm making.
Hopefully this will get you a little further.
Sam
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