Maybe it is because the "Trash folder patch" is not included by default on OpenBSD? You may compile your own version of Mutt with this patch applied if you wish.
The patch is available from here: http://cedricduval.free.fr/mutt/patches/#trash 2009/1/8 David Schulz <mailingli...@pg-sec.com>: > Hello all, > > i am using mutt 1.5.18 to handle my mail. I set it up via my muttrc file so > that when i delete a mail, it goes to a Trash Folder. This is defined in > .muttrc like this > > set trash=$HOME/.mail/mlists.pg-sec.com/Trash/ > > Now id like to move my mail and setup to a OpenBSD 4.4 Machine, i installed > Mutt 1.5.18 and everything works fine, except that mutt under OpenBSD doesn't > seem to recognize the set trash directive in my .muttrc; instead upon > starting mutt, mutt complains that: > > Error in /home/mlists/.mutt/muttrc, line 8: trash: unknown variable > source: errors in /home/mlists/.mutt/muttrc > > This is strange, because set trash should be working without any patches or > the like as far as i know. > > Can anyone help me to troubleshoot this? > > Thanks a lot, > David > > -- Andreas Kahari Somewhere in the general Cambridge area, UK
