Re: draft message timeout

[the/eXtreme]

-: The timeout should not affect those prompts.  Are you perhaps using an older
-: version of Solaris?  On some systems it is impossible to disable the timeout
-: after it is once set.

This is with mutt 1.2.5 and SunOS 5.7 (Solaris 2.7).
If mutt isn't responsible for the timeout, I'll go
pester our sysadmin.

draft message timeout

[the/eXtreme]

I notice that mutt has a `timeout' feature:  if I've started
typing in a To: or Subject: line and then get distracted and
don't get back to it for a few minutes, mutt clears the line
and waits for me to start over.  Can this timeout delay be
altered in .muttrc?

TIA/x

self-destruction

[the/eXtreme]

Hey, I'm having a lot of fun with the hooks in mutt, but---

Is it possible that using hooks to generate different cyber-egos for
different recipients could inadvertently shut me out of a news group
that I was subscribed to?  Could I somehow have set things in .muttrc so
that a news group no longer recognizes my postings as coming from me?

(Why I'm asking: since I've switched to mutt, I've had several folks
tell me they are not getting my emails...).

TIA/x

vi-like line editing

[the/eXtreme]

Hey, is there a way to get vi-like key bindings on mutt's
built-in line editor?  Something like `set editing-mode vi'
does in my .inputrc?

You can fake it a little bit with stuff like

bind editor h   backward-char

as long as you don't use `h' anywhere in the text [:-/

TIA/x

Re: multiple mutts

[the/eXtreme]

-: You'll notice the previous post includes the line
-: 
-: touch $LOCKFILE

Yes, silly of me.  It also helps if the luser starts
the *first* mutt session using the script.  Duh.

Re: multiple mutts

[the/eXtreme]

-: LOCKFILE=~/.mutt.lock

Does a lock file exist for IMAP-configured mutt?  When I
have a mutt session up, I can't find a lock file anywhere.

Do I need to be concerned with the `dotlock_program'
configuration variable?  My configuration and build
of mutt-1.2.5 didn't create a `mutt_dotlock' binary.

TIA

multiple mutts

[the/eXtreme]

Hey, sometimes I shell out of a mutt window,
forget where I am (easy, when you're me),
and start another mutt session.  Days can go
by before I catch the duplicated sessions.

I could use a shell script to `ps' for existing
mutt sessions before launching another session;
or is there a better way?

TIA/x

new operator for (~t | ~c)

[the/eXtreme]

I have a lot of save-hooks that look like this one:

save-hook '(~t ^mutt-users | ~c ^mutt-users)' =mutt

and I wondered if anyone else thought a new operator
like `~tc' might be convenient, e.g.:

save-hook '~tc ^mutt-users' =mutt

linebreak as `=20'

[the/eXtreme]

Why do some mail messages I receive show carriage returns/line breaks
as `=20' ?  Is my mutt setup misconfigured, or is this totally unrelated
to mutt?
--
TIA

source .muttrc while inside mutt?

[the/eXtreme]

Hey, is it possible to re-source .muttrc from inside mutt
and have any changes take effect?

TIA---the/eXtreme

Signaling new mail

[the/eXtreme]

What is recommended way of visually signalling the arrival of new mail?
With Solaris mailtool I got used to a little `mailbox with letters' icon.
Mutt is so *totally cool*, though, that I don't want to go back to the
Sun mail application.

Yeah, I could just leave a mutt window open and check it periodically,
but an icon-type indication would be handy, too.

TIA---jtw