On Fri, Oct 13, 2000 at 06:24:55AM -0400, Cancer Omega wrote:
> I have the following in my .muttrc :
> set alias_file=~/.mail_aliases
>
> and the following in my ~/.mail_aliases :
> alias debian-user Debian User List <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
>
> Now, when I fire up Mutt and send an email to "debian-user", exim sends it
> right back to me, complaining that the local user "debian-user" doesn't exist.
>
> What am I doing wrong ?
You should source ~/.mail_aliases as well.
The alias_file is to tell mutt where aliases are saved from mutt. The
source command tells mutt to load the aliases.
Greetings,
Chris Niekel
