On 20 Jan 2021, at 07:20, Erwan David <er...@rail.eu.org> wrote: > On Wed, Jan 20, 2021 at 01:58:38PM CET, "@lbutlr" <krem...@kreme.com> said: >> On 20 Jan 2021, at 04:33, Piotr Auksztulewicz <d...@hasiok.net> wrote: >>> On Wed, Jan 20, 2021 at 04:27:11AM -0700, @lbutlr wrote: >>>> set imap_pass = "lasH-hds[er$asd" # Not a real password >>> >>> Use single quotes around the password. Double quotes make $asd to be >>> interpreted as shell variable and replaced with (most likely) empty >>> string, so you get a shortened passwort in effect. >> >> This worked, thank you. >> >> Also… grrrrr. Who though expansion inside a password string was a clever >> idea and can I introduce them to a clue bat? :p > > set imap_pass = $smtp_pass seems a good usecase.
But imap_pass = "$smtp_pass" seems like a silly use case. >>> PS. Also a mutt lover :-) >> With the amount of HTML mail out there I really don't understand how people >> are able to use it anymore. Now, if I could get a 'stip html down to plain >> text' side function to work… > In my .mailcap I have > text/html; w3m -I %{charset} -T text/html; copiousoutput; Interesting, I do not know about .mailcap (I use mutt only to send some automated mails ro users who want the data formatted in an HTML table). > and in my .muttrc : > auto_view text/html Maybe that is what he does. I certainly looks very readable (which mutt is not, as a general rule, when viewing HTML mail). It does seem to hide the links entirely, so you cannot, I assume click on any "Click here to confirm" links or whatever. Still, does look quite workable. -- Be careful what you wish for. You never know who will be listening. Or what, for that matter.