I used Mutt for several years when I first became a Linux user in 1999, and am considering returning to it if it gives me a shot at an objective I've been trying to achieve.
For a variety of reasons, none of which are germane to this topic, I have arranged for my primary work computer (a Macbook Pro) to triple-boot into Mac OS X (Lion), Windows 7, and Linux (Ubuntu 12.04). I want to be able to both read new mail and all my archived email from any of those OSes, since I need to communicate whatever environment I happen to be working in at the moment. I tried to make Thunderbird do that, since it seems to allow for such behavior, but there were constant issues with file permissions and data reliability. It occurred to me recently that Mutt might be the answer. So here are the questions I can think of: 1. I don't expect this to be easy--but is there some reason it's just plain impossible? 2. Is it possible to write a single .muttrc that I can copy to the three home directories that can determine the "folder" path based on the current OS? That is, the common mail folder is called "/Volumes/Common/Mail" in OS X, "D:/Common/Mail" in Windows, and "/Common/Mail" in Linux. Or do I just have to have three separate .muttrc files and manually coordinate them? (I've never actually used the Windows version of Mutt, so I'm guessing at the path format.) 3. Does anyone have any advice for someone whose Mutt skills are rusty at best? -- Daryl Lee If logic tells you that life is a meaningless accident, don't give up on life. Give up on logic. -- Shira Milgrom
