David T-G [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] wrote: > Truong, et al -- > > By the way, would you mind setting your line wrap at 72 characters or so? > It makes it much easier to read, and most folks on this list are staunchly > ASCII-only and appreciate the formatting. >
Oh.., I didn't realize that, excuse me ! > > ...and then Truong said... > % > % Petr Baudis [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] wrote: > % > > > ... > % > > I would like to view a resume of different incoming mailboxes just before > % > > selecting one. Some thing I would have with " [..]$ du $HOME/Mail/ " > ... > % > > The command "mailboxes" is indicated in section 3.11 "Defining mailboxes .." > % > > mutt-manual.txt.gz . But it doesn't work . > % > Sure it doesn't? Try to press 'c', then '?' to list content of ~/Mail/, and > ... > % > % Hi Petr, > % > % Yes, I know to run "[..]$ mutt -y" to list all files defined with the command >mailboxes , and also keys binding 'c' to change to others files then '?' to select >one . For this, the manual wroted by Micheal Elkin and others veteran mutt-users is >quite clear . Your idea about alias in bashrc is also a good point, I will put it in >mine . > > Good so far. > > > % > % Well, I missed some descriptions: as you see, each time the key 'c' is pressed (or >in console mode 'mutt -y'), we can see a resume of all mail-files with amount in >bytes . What I would like to see more is the number of mails in each file, something >like when I start 'mutt' without option and the $spoolfile is shown with that >information (number of mails). > > I think I get it. mutt does not know how many messages are in a mailbox > until it opens it, and it could be very expensive to open every mailbox > just to count messages before giving you the display. Instead mutt > checks the access and modification times to determine whether or not > there is new mail (quiet, Rob! ;-) and can, of course, check the raw > size. > > > % > % I think of some macro menu format . There are surely already the solution(s) but I >didn't find yet in the manual, that's why I would like to learn from mutt-users . > > Actually, there probably isn't. This, like the "do I have new mail?" > topic, comes up fairly often. Most folks say "I want mutt to tell > me such-and-such" without realizing what it takes to provide that > information, but there's always some smart aleck (it was I last time) > who shows quickly and simply why it would take way too much time; after > all, mutt can happily handle huge mailboxes :-) > Yes, if you know that I've tried Mutt since 1 week and I adopt it. You know the reasons better than me. You are right here: I didn't realize it could be expensive in comparaison with few keys "c", "?", "j" (or "k") and hit RETURN. Thanks again for your clear anwser ! > > % > % I hope I explain correctly the question this time . > > I hope I explained the correct answer :-) > > > % > % Thanks for your discussions, > > HTH & HAND > > > % > % Truong, > % > > > :-D > -- > David T-G * It's easier to fight for one's principles > (play) [EMAIL PROTECTED] * than to live up to them. -- fortune cookie > (work) [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.justpickone.org/davidtg/ Shpx gur Pbzzhavpngvbaf Qrprapl Npg! >
