New Mutt User Question
I have a directory full of Unix mailboxes. I put a statement into my .muttrc like so: set folder=/path/to/my/directory/of/mailboxes I then start mutt so: mutt -y and mutt sez No incoming mailboxes defined. Huh? What am I doing wrong? What I'm trying to do is start up mutt with a browser listing all the mailboxes in that directory. thank you. ken
Re: New Mutt User Question
Hi, * Ken Ficara [EMAIL PROTECTED] [01-11-29 16:58]: I have a directory full of Unix mailboxes. I put a statement into my .muttrc like so: set folder=/path/to/my/directory/of/mailboxes I then start mutt so: mutt -y and mutt sez No incoming mailboxes defined. Huh? What am I doing wrong? Nothing that I know of, but you leave something out: mailboxes `find /path/to/my/directory/of/mailboxes -type f -print | grep -Ev '(log|backup|sent|postponed|trash)' | xargs` Somebody asked me about the xarg, and I couldn't really say whether Mutt accepts one mailbox per line. I never tried: Never change a running system. $folder sets only the '=' and '+' special variables. I think. What I'm trying to do is start up mutt with a browser listing all the mailboxes in that directory. That should work now. Thorsten -- They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. - Benjamin Franklin
Re: New Mutt User Question
Hi, On Thu, 29 Nov 2001 Thorsten [EMAIL PROTECTED] spewed into the ether: [-- snip --] No incoming mailboxes defined. Huh? What am I doing wrong? Nothing that I know of, but you leave something out: mailboxes `find /path/to/my/directory/of/mailboxes -type f -print | grep -Ev '(log|backup|sent|postponed|trash)' | xargs` Ahh .. neato ! earlier I had : mailboxes `find ~/Email -maxdepth 1 -type f ! -name sent-mail ! -name postponed -printf %p ` But, that becomes way too tedious as the list increases. The egrep/xargs combination works wonderfully. Thanks :-) Somebody asked me about the xarg, and I couldn't really say whether Mutt accepts one mailbox per line. I never tried: Never change a running system. Yes, xargs just echoes them one-by-one, I guess. pv. -- Prahlad Vaidyanathan [EMAIL PROTECTED]What, me worry ? http://www.symonds.net/~prahladv/Don't Panic ! -- msg20812/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
