On Sun, Mar 03, 2002 at 08:02:44PM -0800, Jerry Van Brimmer wrote: > On Sat, 2 Mar 2002 23:58:15 -0600 Aaron Schrab <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > At 21:26 -0800 02 Mar 2002, Jerry Van Brimmer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > Mutt newbie here, starting to be a frustrated Mutt newbie. The > > > docs say that Mutt should work "out-of -the-box". Well, mine > > > don't. I installed the one off of the SuSe DVD, which doesn't > > > create me a .muttrc file. So, I went to the Mutt home page, then > > > to the muttrc file generator page and got my initial muttrc file. > > > I have entered my personal data into the file. But, I cannot get > > > mutt to read my mail. In my home directory I have: > > > > > > /home/jerry/Mail > > > /home/jerry/Mail/inbox > > > /home/jerry/Mail/suse-linux > > > > Try adding the following to your .muttrc file: > > > > set spoolfile=~/Mail/inbox mailboxes ! +suse-linux > >
I know I am coming in late to this thread... but if you installed mutt from the SuSE DVD, you should have a default .muttrc in /etc/skel. I am running SuSE 7.1, and the default muttrc won't help you much. It just has a couple of key definitions and a lot of coloring. Unless you have procmail configured to deliver mail to /home/jerry/Mail/inbox, I wouldn't expect to see much there. You may want to set spoolfile to /var/spool/mail/jerry. If you have problems getting sendmail configured, just let me know. I used the SuSEconfig program to get it set up properly. I know how you feel - I have been back and forth between KMail (YUCK) and mutt, and it took me until now to finally figure out how to get sendmail set up properly. Jonathan
