J McKitrick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> I've noticed that sometimes when i reply to a message in a saved
> folder,or sometimes even the inbox, mutt complains that it cannot
> write the sent message because /foldername/sent does not exist. I
> assume this means i need to set the saved messages folder to one that
> refers to the mail directory or home directory rather than the
> directory i am in when i send, correct?
You normally will want to refer to folders by putting the "=" or "+"
prefix in front of the name. The "=" or "+" expands to the value of the
variable $folder, which is an absolute path to the directory where you
keep your folders. Then it doesn't matter what directory you're in.
> Also, is there a problem with folder name TAB completion? When i
> save, it asks for a folder name. I try 'f TAB' to select 'foldername'
> but it complains it doesn't exist.
Try "=f "
> Yet the '?' brings up the list just fine.
The default directory that "?" brings up is the $folder directory.
There are times when I've found this annoying, but it seems to be
traditional at this point.
> Does mutt only display new mail messages when the keyboard is used? I
> find that new mail only appears after i hit a key, if it has been
> dormant for a while and new mail has been received.
Yes, Mutt is not multi-threaded, so it does not poll for mail in the
background while waiting for a keypress from you. However, there is a
variable called $timeout which tells Mutt how long to wait for you to
press a key. If you haven't pressed a key by then, it will stop waiting
for the keypress, go and poll for mail, then come back and wait some
more. So by setting this to a small value (30 seconds?) you can get
near-instant notification of new mail.
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