Hi,
I want to backup my mail at the beginning of every month with a cronjob,
...
* 0 1 1-12 * mv /home/deklown/Msgs/backup-inbox
/home/deklown/Msgs/backup-`date +Y-%m` |gzip
I am not sure what to do after this
maybe ...|gzip -9 $1
Just take this (all written in ONE line):
* 0 1 1-12
Hi,
However, when I start mutt I get an error telling me that
/var/spool/mail/tjg is not a mailbox.
...
Specifically, when fetchmail hands off to procmail, fetchmail is
expecting to hand off to an MTA (like sendmail, postfix, qmail) and
procmail is expecting to receive something from
Gottipati Aravind:
I use fetchmail to get the mail and Procmail to deliver it. so I dont
same here. all mailing happens on local, i.e. non-nfs filesystems.
actually works. i.e it gives me the name of the next folder like "=fslc"
or something like that, that has new mail, but in most cases
Sometime around Wed, Jun 07, 2000 at 08:53:25AM +0200, clemensF said:
i have this in my .muttrc:
set spoolfile="$HOME/mail/IN/"
mailboxes ! "/var/qmail/alias/Maildir/" "/tmp/dubletten" "/tmp/spam"
... and whenever i type 'c', it reliably tells me the next of these folders
containing new
[EMAIL PROTECTED] proclaimed on mutt-users that:
Does anyone use mutt with local sendmail, where the local sendmail is
configured to forward all mail to a central hub?
OK ... all you need to do is to set the DS flag in /etc/sendmail.cf to
your central hub.
That is
DS your.central.hub.fqdn
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:
Does anyone use mutt with local sendmail, where the local sendmail is
configured to forward all mail to a central hub?
yes.
If so could I have a look at your sendmail.cf or relevant m4 file?
i'd rather not. before i switched to qmail, some (hopefully relevant) part
of
clemensF proclaimed on mutt-users that:
i'd rather not. before i switched to qmail, some (hopefully relevant) part
of it looked like:
DSsmtp:mail.germanynet.de
the smtp: protocol-designator was vital. my system didn't work right
before it was in there.
Prefixing smtp: to the smarthost is
Hi,
I'm having a problem with the mailboxes command, I have defined a couple
of mailboxes that I want to be checked for new mail but I it doesn't seem
to work. I have included my muttrc file below. I am using procmail
to soft my mail into the different folders. Anyone got any ideas?
#
CaT --
Sorry I missed this when it came in; procmail misfiled it for me...
...and then CaT said...
% On Mon, Jun 05, 2000 at 12:08:53AM -0400, David T-G wrote:
% To open a compressed mailbox, you have to decompress it, right? So the
% open-hook command tells mutt to unzip (gzip -d) to stdout
On Tue, Jun 06, 2000 at 21:11:57 +0300, Baurjan Ismagulov wrote:
hi,
thanks for the reply.
seems that i've been somewhat unclear in stating the problem.
my problem is NOT "how to show/hide specific headers", but rather
"how to retain the original From_ line".
There is no such thing as
Graham --
...and then [EMAIL PROTECTED] said...
% Hi,
%
% I'm having a problem with the mailboxes command, I have defined a couple
% of mailboxes that I want to be checked for new mail but I it doesn't seem
Well, what do you mean by "it doesn't work"? Do you mean that mutt isn't
telling you
David T-G [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on Wed, 07 Jun 2000:
% mailboxes ! `echo $folder/*`
You don't have $spoolfile set, so if it's not /var/spool/mail/$USER (or
maybe /var/mail/$USER if that's what your system wants to use and mutt
was able to pick that up at configure time) then '!' won't
Timothy Grant:
However, when I start mutt I get an error telling me that
/var/spool/mail/tjg is not a mailbox.
set logfile /var/log/fetchmail
set daemon 77177
defaults
fetchall
mda "/usr/local/bin/procmail -t -f-"
... will make "from " headers needed by mbox-format.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on Wed, 07 Jun 2000:
I'm having a problem with the mailboxes command, I have defined a couple
of mailboxes that I want to be checked for new mail but I it doesn't seem
to work. I have included my muttrc file below. I am using procmail
to soft my
PGP message
Gottipati Aravind:
set folder=~/mail
mailboxes ! `echo $folder/*`
did you really check out typing in some names manually?
source ~/.addressesmutt
clemens
Opps dunno what happened to the last mail. Anyways
I get the correct list of folders when I do a ctabtab but when I am
editing/reading mail (my understanding) is that mutt should tell me if I
get new mail in any of the mailboxes I have defined, is this correct or am
I misunderstanding this.
Hi,
I would like to be able to move a load of tagged emails into another mailbox.
I have worked out how to tag and copy them, but then I have to go through the
list and delete each one in turn.
Is there a way to move, or copy and automatically delete messages to another
mailbox.
Thanks,
--
[EMAIL PROTECTED] proclaimed on mutt-users that:
I would like to be able to move a load of tagged emails into another mailbox.
I have worked out how to tag and copy them, but then I have to go through the
list and delete each one in turn.
Use T to tag all the mails you want.
Then press ; to
On Wed, Jun 07, 2000 at 02:00:58PM +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi,
I would like to be able to move a load of tagged emails into another mailbox.
I have worked out how to tag and copy them, but then I have to go through the
list and delete each one in turn.
Is there a way to move,
Graham --
...and then [EMAIL PROTECTED] said...
% Opps dunno what happened to the last mail. Anyways
Such is life :-)
%
% I get the correct list of folders when I do a ctabtab but when I am
Good!
% editing/reading mail (my understanding) is that mutt should tell me if I
% get new mail in
Hi Nigel,
Is there a way to move, or copy and automatically delete messages to another
mailbox?
I asked that myself a few weeks ago, and the "secret" is to use the "save" (just press
"s") command: it automatically stores
a copy of the message in the new folder and marks the original for
On Wed, Jun 07, 2000 at 01:27:27PM +, Manuel Arriaga wrote:
Hi Nigel,
Is there a way to move, or copy and automatically delete messages to another
mailbox?
I asked that myself a few weeks ago, and the "secret" is to use the "save" (just
press "s") command: it automatically stores
a
Or, use a nullclient configuration, and let m4 do the work...
E.g.,
VERSIONID(`a null client configuration')
OSTYPE(someOS)
FEATURE(nullclient, yourcentralhub.somewhere.com)
--
-e
On Wed, Jun 07, 2000 at 12:25 PM, clemensF ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) typed:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:
Does anyone
Erik Jacobsen proclaimed on mutt-users that:
Or, use a nullclient configuration, and let m4 do the work...
No particular need to recompile sendmail.cf, when the DS setting does the
trick, imho.
E.g.,
VERSIONID(`a null client configuration')
OSTYPE(someOS)
FEATURE(nullclient,
for my_hdr I have:
## mutt.personal 1.29.00
# Personals
my_hdr From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Jason Helfman # Real Name
But my name comes out as JasonHelfman on the from line? Why is this?
--
/helfman
"At any given moment, you may find the ticket to the circus that has always
been in your
[EMAIL PROTECTED] proclaimed on mutt-users that:
# Personals
my_hdr From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Jason Helfman # Real Name
But my name comes out as JasonHelfman on the from line? Why is this?
Make it
my_hdr From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jason Helfman)
or
my_hdr From: Jason Helfman [EMAIL
Jason --
...and then [EMAIL PROTECTED] said...
%
% for my_hdr I have:
%
% my_hdr From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Jason Helfman # Real Name
%
% But my name comes out as JasonHelfman on the from line? Why is this?
Should be in quotes, maybe? Untested, but check out
my_hdr "From: Jason Helfman
[EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
# Personals
my_hdr From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Jason Helfman # Real Name
But my name comes out as JasonHelfman on the from line? Why is this?
try:
my_hdr From: Jason Helfman [EMAIL PROTECTED]
--
joshua stein | superblock information systems |
clemensF wrote:
Timothy Grant:
However, when I start mutt I get an error telling me that
/var/spool/mail/tjg is not a mailbox.
set logfile /var/log/fetchmail
set daemon 77177
defaults
fetchall
mda "/usr/local/bin/procmail -t -f-"
... will make "from " headers
On Wed, Jun 07, 2000 at 08:42:13AM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
for my_hdr I have:
## mutt.personal 1.29.00
# Personals
my_hdr From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Jason Helfman # Real Name
But my name comes out as JasonHelfman on the from line? Why is this?
Try this one:
my_hdr From:
On Tue, Jun 06, 2000 at 06:16:32PM -0700, Jeff Krueger wrote:
color header cyan default "[-a-z_0-9.+]+@[-a-z_0-9.]+"
color body cyan default "[-a-z_0-9.+]+@[-a-z_0-9.]+"
The intent is to color just e-mail addresses as defined by this regex
differently from the rest of the
By default, my .muttrc collapses all threads. I find it difficult to
distinguish between (i) mail with underlying threads, and (ii)
singular mail. Where there is *new* mail underlying a thread, there is
a big fat 'N' to indicate this. However, where I am browsing old mail,
I find it better if
Hi! there,
I just upgrade my mutt to version 1.2, but the layout is different not as I
configured in ~/.muttrc. I don't know why the ~/.muttrc not work anymore?
Could somebody help me out of this!
Thanks!
Sam
Hi,
I would like to be able to use a different "from" address for some emails
I send.
This is because I have 2 email addresses, home and work.
Sometimes I send email from home to my work collegues, I would like these
emails to be from my work address. So as not to confuse my collegues and
Sam Xie proclaimed on mutt-users that:
Hi! there,
I just upgrade my mutt to version 1.2, but the layout is different not as I
configured in ~/.muttrc. I don't know why the ~/.muttrc not work anymore?
Could somebody help me out of this!
Thanks!
Sam
Read the readme-upgrade file when
Sometime around Wed, Jun 07, 2000 at 07:06:01AM -0400, David T-G said:
Well, I see a little problem here...
%
% set folder=~/mail
% mailboxes ! `echo $folder/*`
% source ~/.addressesmutt
You don't have $spoolfile set, so if it's not /var/spool/mail/$USER (or
maybe /var/mail/$USER if
Hi,
Sam Xie [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on Wed, 07 Jun 2000:
I just upgrade my mutt to version 1.2, but the layout is different not as I
configured in ~/.muttrc. I don't know why the ~/.muttrc not work anymore?
What do you mean with "layout"?
The .muttrc format for 1.2 is mostly compatible
At 12:12 PM EDT on June 7 Yip Weng sent off:
By default, my .muttrc collapses all threads. I find it difficult to
distinguish between (i) mail with underlying threads, and (ii)
singular mail. Where there is *new* mail underlying a thread, there is
a big fat 'N' to indicate this. However,
Nigel --
...and then [EMAIL PROTECTED] said...
% Hi,
%
% I would like to be able to use a different "from" address for some emails
% I send.
%
% This is because I have 2 email addresses, home and work.
Makes sense. Not so tough.
%
% Sometimes I send email from home to my work collegues, I
What do you mean with "layout"?
Here, I mean the color setting. It does not take effect at all.
By the way, my machine has FreeBSD 5.0-current Operating System.
Please let me know if you know the solution!
Many Thanks!
Sam
Marius --
...and then Marius Gedminas said...
% On Tue, Jun 06, 2000 at 06:16:32PM -0700, Jeff Krueger wrote:
%
% In the header, however, this colorizes the entire line cyan. Am I defining
% this improperly somehow, or is in-line coloring not yet available?
%
% Not available. However once
At 2:05 PM EDT on June 7 [EMAIL PROTECTED] sent off:
Hi,
I would like to be able to use a different "from" address for some emails
I send.
This is because I have 2 email addresses, home and work.
I have set up a mailbox just for my work emails, could mutt detect that I'm
viewing a
On Wed, Jun 07, 2000 at 07:05:49PM +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I have set up a mailbox just for my work emails, could mutt detect that I'm
viewing a work mailbox when I hit the "m" key, and set the from address to
my work email address?
This would be done using the
[EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on Wed, 07 Jun 2000:
I would like to be able to use a different "from" address for some emails
I send.
This is well supported under Mutt. :-)
How would I configure mutt to select the correct from address based on a
condition. And what condition
Hi again,
OK, so fetchmail-procmail-mutt now work correctly
Colours aren't working right but I'm getting closer
Thanks for everyone who assisted on the above problems.
Now the newest problem is sending. I have a tremendous hate relationship
with Sendmail, so I use Postfix pretty much
Gottipati Aravind [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on Wed, 07 Jun 2000:
folder-hook =* set sort=threads
This isn't really related, but what this expands to is
folder-hook /home/whatever/mail* set sort=threads
The * isn't a shell-style wildcard, rather than that of a unix-regular
expression style.
* Yip Weng [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Wed, Jun 07, 2000 at 04:12:19PM +)
By default, my .muttrc collapses all threads. I find it difficult to
distinguish between (i) mail with underlying threads, and (ii)
singular mail. Where there is *new* mail underlying a thread, there is
a big fat 'N' to
Date: Wed, Jun 07 16:12
Quoting Yip Weng ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
By default, my .muttrc collapses all threads. I find it difficult to
distinguish between (i) mail with underlying threads, and (ii)
singular mail.
Try something like this in your .muttrc:
set index_format="%3C %Z %[%a, %b %e %H:%M]
Yip Weng [EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
By default, my .muttrc collapses all threads. I find it difficult to
distinguish between (i) mail with underlying threads, and (ii)
singular mail. Where there is *new* mail underlying a thread, there is
a big fat 'N' to indicate this. However, where I am
On Wed, Jun 07, 2000 at 02:39:57PM -0400, Sam Xie wrote:
What do you mean with "layout"?
Here, I mean the color setting. It does not take effect at all.
By the way, my machine has FreeBSD 5.0-current Operating System.
Please let me know if you know the solution!
Many Thanks!
Sam
It
Yip Weng [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] wrote:
By default, my .muttrc collapses all threads. I find it difficult to
distinguish between (i) mail with underlying threads, and (ii)
singular mail. Where there is *new* mail underlying a thread, there is
a big fat 'N' to indicate this. However, where I am
I just checked the fine manual, and found that you can also color collapsed
threads with ~v, i.e.
# collapsed threads
color index brightmagentadefault ~v
I chose brightmagenta because that's my thread color but it looks much uglier
in text so I encourage you to experiment.
--
What
-neelakanth
Sometime ago, [EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
I would like to be able to use a different "from" address for some emails
I send.
This is because I have 2 email addresses, home and work.
Sometimes I send email from home to my work collegues, I would like these
emails to be from my
Timothy Grant [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on Wed, 07 Jun 2000:
Now the newest problem is sending. I have a tremendous hate relationship
with Sendmail, so I use Postfix pretty much everywhere, however on my
puny little notebook computer where I live, I would prefer not to be
running a smtp daemon
Is there a way to move, or copy and automatically delete messages to another
mailbox.
Once you've tagged everything you need, you press the ";" key and any
command after that will be applied to all of the tagged messages. You can
also put "set auto_tag" in your muttrc and you won't have to
I would prefer not to be running a smtp daemon at all times.
So, how should I configure my smtp?
Well, actually it's not necessary to run sendmail at all times. I think
inetd can call sendmail on demand. Just include the corresponding line in
your inetd.conf. Look at the man page of sendmail
On Wed, Jun 07, 2000 at 06:14:39PM -0400, Sergei Gerasenko wrote:
I would prefer not to be running a smtp daemon at all times.
So, how should I configure my smtp?
Well, actually it's not necessary to run sendmail at all times. I think
inetd can call sendmail on demand. Just include the
On Tue, Jun 06, 2000 at 07:50:47PM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I want to backup my mail at the beginning of every month with a cronjob,
cataloging it by date and then gzipping.
Have a look at my mailrotate script at
http://alpha.rulez.org/~drewie/rotatemail.sh
It has some useful
Nils Vogels:
Does anyone know the default settings for FreeBSD 5.0 ?
didn't even know of a 5.0 current. but my brother's name's also ni[e]ls.
he opts for e, though.
clemens
Yip Weng:
Some newbie rattle: I just migrated from Win2000 to Linux, and am using
Mutt as substitute for my erstwhile mailer Forte Agent 1.8, to which
threading is also a feature. I have found mutt to be outrageously
flexible and powerful, and the text based screen is so much better for
my
Wouldn't it be much simpler to make mutt sendmail using /usr/lib/sendmail -t ?
That way you wouldnt need to have the daemon running, right ?
Yes, but how about receiving mail?
--
"Trust me":
Translation of the Latin "caveat emptor."
I've used urlview to help me view URLs embedded in email, and it works
fine, but when a message contains lots of URLs, it can be difficult to
choose the right one since urlview provides no message context.
I recently discovered a neat feature of the w3m browser that makes it an
attractive
What about ftp support?
On Wed, Jun 07, 2000 at 06:32:47PM -0700, Gary Johnson muttered:
| I've used urlview to help me view URLs embedded in email, and it works
| fine, but when a message contains lots of URLs, it can be difficult to
| choose the right one since urlview provides no message
On Wed, Jun 07, 2000 at 09:10:28PM -0400, Sergei Gerasenko wrote:
Wouldn't it be much simpler to make mutt sendmail using /usr/lib/sendmail -t ?
That way you wouldnt need to have the daemon running, right ?
Yes, but how about receiving mail?
Timothy asked very specificly about sending
Nils Vogels proclaimed on mutt-users that:
On Wed, Jun 07, 2000 at 09:10:28PM -0400, Sergei Gerasenko wrote:
Wouldn't it be much simpler to make mutt sendmail using /usr/lib/sendmail -t ?
That way you wouldnt need to have the daemon running, right ?
Yes, but how about receiving mail?
On Wed, Jun 07, 2000 at 06:44:05PM -0700, Jason Helfman wrote:
What about ftp support?
It has that, too.
--
Gary Johnson | Agilent Technologies
[EMAIL PROTECTED] | RF Communications Product Generation Unit
| Spokane, Washington, USA
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