Subject: Wierd subject names in mutt
Date: Wed, Jul 14, 1999 at 04:44:27PM +0100
In reply to:Patrick Kirk
Quoting Patrick Kirk([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
> Hi all,
>
> I keep finding my inbox full of subjects like A** and I suspect it started
> when I put lists debian-user in my .muttrc
>
> Does anyone know why?
>
> I'm pasting in a few lines:
>
> 2 Jul 14 To debian-user@ ( 12) .bash_history
> 3 r Jul 14 To debian-user@ ( 12) ÀÄ>
> 4 O Jul 14 To debian-user@ ( 27) ÀÄ>
> 5 O Jul 14 Matthew Kirkwoo ( 90) Re: Did you get my mail yesterday?
> 6 Jul 14 Matthew Kirkwoo ( 90) Ã*>
> 7 Jul 14 Matthew Kirkwoo ( 93) À*>
>
> Actually, it seems to have been mangled even further when I tried pasting.
> Usually, its lots of accented A's and symbols.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
Those "weird" subjects are the threading of the mail that is done by
mutt. Mine look more like
Re: routing problem?
|->
|-->
How this is done is in the mutt manual. The key to look for is
ascii_chars or tree.
I have in my .muttrc
unset ascii_chars to show tha above display.
I would guess thæt you have set ascii_chars in yours.
Gee, the docs ARE good in debian, aren't they!
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