default color definition

2000-06-30 Thread j mckitrick
hi all, i am trying to get mutt to work with a transparent wterm. however, when i chose 'default' as the background color for each of my color defintions, mutt chokes when loading. it complains about an invalid color or something like that. yes the manual shows it is an acceptable option.

default color definition

2000-06-30 Thread j mckitrick
hi all, i am trying to get mutt to work with a transparent wterm. however, when i chose 'default' as the background color for each of my color defintions, mutt chokes when loading. it complains about an invalid color or something like that. yes the manual shows it is an acceptable option.

Re: default color definition

2000-06-30 Thread j mckitrick
On Fri, Jun 30, 2000 at 11:35:24AM -0400, Thomas E. Dickey wrote: On Fri, 30 Jun 2000, j mckitrick wrote: i am trying to get mutt to work with a transparent wterm. however, when i chose 'default' as the background color for each of my color defintions, mutt chokes when loading

default color definition

2000-06-30 Thread j mckitrick
hi all, i am trying to get mutt to work with a transparent wterm. however, when i chose 'default' as the background color for each of my color defintions, mutt chokes when loading. it complains about an invalid color or something like that. yes the manual shows it is an acceptable option.

2 index option questions

2000-03-31 Thread J McKitrick
Two simple things. I know there are options for the first, but i can't quite figure out the combination to do what i want. The second i don't think exists. 1. When i respond to a mailing list, i would like my message to NOT show up in my mailbox. SO far, i have been using 'g' group reply for

Re: 2 index option questions

2000-03-31 Thread J McKitrick
On Fri, Mar 31, 2000 at 08:09:20PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, Mar 31, 2000 at 06:35:39PM +0100, J McKitrick wrote: 1. When i respond to a mailing list, i would like my message to NOT show up in my mailbox. SO far, i have been using 'g' group reply for mailing lists. DO

Re: The Mail-Followup-To header (was: 2 index option questions)

2000-03-31 Thread J McKitrick
Yes, Mikko, very helpfull indeed. Now i just need to RTFM about setting mutt up to handle my mailing lists more efficiently. jm -- Jonathon McKitrick -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] "You're the guy from the Hambuger Train, right?"

Re: change width of index fields

2000-03-31 Thread J McKitrick
On Fri, Mar 31, 2000 at 09:25:26PM -0500, Michael Tatge wrote: Hi all! Does anybody know of a way to change the width of the index columns? 102 F Feb 14 To wunderkind@c ( 9) Re: HRK-Mitschnitt Deutschland ^^^ As you can see sometimes the sender/to field

colors for teraterm

2000-03-24 Thread J McKitrick
I've noticed that the colors that look great in an xterm on my home machine don't look so good in a teraterm window running in windows here at work. Has anyone found a good color scheme that is effective, easy on the eyes, and preferably uses a black background? jm --

Re: folder hook problems

2000-03-23 Thread J McKitrick
On Thu, Mar 23, 2000 at 03:37:31AM -0600, Aaron Schrab wrote: At 05:19 + 23 Mar 2000, J McKitrick [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm trying to do two things here. Change the sig and the From in my headers when i am in the 'school' folder. So far, only the sig come up right. I can't get

view URLs via shell account

2000-03-23 Thread J McKitrick
I get all my mail through a shell account. My shh client runs on windows at work. I understand that i need a mailcap entry and URLview to view URLs. However, i do not have the authority to do this on the machine where the shell runs. I would like mutt to (1) Allow me to select a URL from

Re: view URLs via shell account

2000-03-23 Thread J McKitrick
So i want to DL URLview, compile it and install in my own directory, then set up a mailcap that calls URLview for URLs, right? 1. Do i need a mailcap entry, or will the standard key binding for viewing URLs work? 2. How do you select each URL? In pine, the arrow key could cycle through all

folder hook problems

2000-03-22 Thread J McKitrick
send-hook . 'my_hdr From: J McKitrick [EMAIL PROTECTED]' folder-hook . 'my_hdr From: J McKitrick [EMAIL PROTECTED]' send-hook mom 'set signature=~/.signice' send-hook dad 'set signature=~/.signice' folder-hook school 'my_hdr From: J McKitrick [EMAIL PROTECTED]' folder-hook school set signature=~/.s

vim background

2000-03-16 Thread J McKitrick
Is there a certain color setting i need to use to that when vim starts up to edit a message, i don't get a huge glob of white at the bottom of the screen? jm -- - Jonathon McKitrick / [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Tears from the depth of some divine despair

testing procmail

2000-03-15 Thread J McKitrick
I'm trying to test procmail with mutt. I'm new to mutt, and *very* new to procmail I used a friend's procmailrc as a template, but i need to know if there s a way to test it without losing mail. jm -- - Jonathon McKitrick / [EMAIL PROTECTED] \ "I

Re: testing procmail

2000-03-15 Thread J McKitrick
Well, i took your advice, and according to the test, this should work. I tried the most basic possible procmail filter: I'm trying to match subjects with 'test' in them. But every time i send myself such a message, it disappears into oblivion. The procmail rule sends it to 'chat', which is a

Re: testing procmail

2000-03-15 Thread J McKitrick
Nevermind. Figured it out. jm -- - Jonathon McKitrick / [EMAIL PROTECTED] \ "I prefer the term Artificial Person myself."/ -

Re: testing procmail

2000-03-15 Thread J McKitrick
I realize this is a mutt list, not a procmail list, but this is just a quick question not worth subscribing to another list for: Here's my test .procmailrc Problem is, nothing sent from me is ending up in chat. it all goes to the default directory. In .muttrc, i have: mailboxes

Re: selecting deleted messages

2000-03-14 Thread J McKitrick
On Mon, Mar 13, 2000 at 08:35:56PM -0800, Gary Johnson wrote: On Mon, Mar 13, 2000 at 08:16:18PM -0800, Gary Johnson wrote: On Tue, Mar 14, 2000 at 02:33:06AM +, J McKitrick wrote: On Mon, Mar 13, 2000 at 04:50:40PM -0800, Gary Johnson wrote: Sorry about that. I didn't see the new

[jcm@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org: selecting deleted messages]

2000-03-13 Thread J McKitrick
I know mutt has an option (resolve) to not move to the next message after performing an action. If i delete a message, is there any way to get back to that message besides entering the message number? The index skips deleted messages when navigating, of course. jm --

Re: [jcm@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org: selecting deleted messages]

2000-03-13 Thread J McKitrick
Correction: my mistake. I forgot shifted-J and K are different. Thanks. jm -- - Jonathon McKitrick / [EMAIL PROTECTED] \ "I prefer the term Artificial Person myself."/ -

To CC and mailing list flags

2000-03-13 Thread J McKitrick
I understand that the C, T, and + symbols help identify when a message is also addressed to me specifically. However, a couple of messages lately have not correctly shown bme to be recipients. Now, i changed my from header a couple of times trying to get it exactly how i wanted. How can i

signatures

2000-03-11 Thread J McKitrick
Is there a way to make part of my signature appear above the 2 dashes? Or is that really just a template? -- -jm

Re: [jcm@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org: word wrap]

2000-03-11 Thread J McKitrick
Well, here on my shell account i use the original vi. On my machine i use vim. So, which margin settings can i use? -- -jm

word wrap

2000-03-11 Thread j mckitrick
i realize this is a bit off subject because it is somewhat of an editor problem, but it applies to mutt as well. I started using xterm with a smaller font, so more words fit per line. I got complaints about my word wrap. I have word wrap margin set to 10 in vi, but that isn't helping, i

test (n/t)

2000-03-10 Thread J McKitrick
-- -jm

'from' data in headers

2000-03-10 Thread J McKitrick
In the pager, i see two different 'from' lines. One is the send, the other is the real sender. For example, on email from this list, i see the name of the sender, and above that is 'mutt-list-owner', or something similar. How can i get rid of that unnecessary line with 'mutt-list-owner'? --

Re: 'from' data in headers

2000-03-10 Thread J McKitrick
On Fri, Mar 10, 2000 at 09:20:03AM -0800, Michael Elkins wrote: On Fri, Mar 10, 2000 at 05:12:07PM +, J McKitrick wrote: In the pager, i see two different 'from' lines. One is the send, the other is the real sender. For example, on email from this list, i see the name of the sender

send-hook From: change

2000-03-10 Thread J McKitrick
I'm having a problem getting pattern matching to work for send-hook. i want to change my From: address when i send mail to any list on freebsd.org. Here's what i have: send-hook . "my_hdr From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]" send-hook (freebsd-*@freebsd.org) \ "my_hdr From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]" The lists i

[j_mckitrick@bigfoot.com: send-hook From: change]

2000-03-10 Thread J McKitrick
I'm having a problem getting pattern matching to work for send-hook. i want to change my From: address when i send mail to any list on freebsd.org. Here's what i have: send-hook . "my_hdr From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]" send-hook (freebsd-*@freebsd.org) \ "my_hdr From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]" The lists i

Re: 'from' data in headers

2000-03-10 Thread J McKitrick
What is the name of the other From field? Maybe i'll try that one and compare. -- -jm

Re: signature send-hook problem

2000-03-10 Thread J McKitrick
How does mutt *do* all of these things with only 300K? I'm stunned by the amount of pattern matching and on-the-fly processing the prog must do, and yet it is SO fast! And totally configurable! -- -jm

cursor location in index

2000-03-10 Thread J McKitrick
How does mutt decide where to put the cursor in the index when changing mailboxes? It would seem the last accessed message would make sense, but i've noticed that isn't always the case. -- -jm

Re: jump settings when viewing mail

2000-03-10 Thread J McKitrick
Try 'set resolve' or 'unset' i'm not sure which... -- -jm

[jcm@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org: word wrap]

2000-03-10 Thread J McKitrick
Subject: word wrap i realize this is a bit off subject because it is somewhat of an editor problem, but it applies to mutt as well. I started using xterm with a smaller font, so more words fit per line. I got complaints about my word wrap. I have word wrap margin set to 10 in vi, but that

viewing URL's and changing reply-to

2000-03-09 Thread J McKitrick
Hi all, i have 2 questions. When i used pine,i could jump to a URL int he message with down-arrow, and view it with a return key and lynx. Is there something similar for mutt? Is it just a simple mailcap entry? If so, how do i select the URL to be viewed? Also, in pine i could change the

question on saving of sent messages

2000-03-09 Thread J McKitrick
A few more tweaks, and i'll be almost there. 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

why is mutt better?

2000-03-09 Thread J McKitrick
I just got in a debate over email clients, and my windows friend argues anything i can do in mutt, he can do in TheBat! just as easily. I checked the feature list, and it is extensive. Most of what mutt offers, thebat offers. Why is the advantage of mutt, or any text-based email client? -- -=

Re: why is mutt better?

2000-03-09 Thread J McKitrick
On Thu, Mar 09, 2000 at 01:57:08PM -0600, David DeSimone wrote: Such arguments rarely lead to a useful exchange of information. They more usually end up as "My computer can beat up your computer" type of "discussion." Is your friend actually interested in learning from this exchange, or