Dan Lipofsky [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] wrote:
> I would like to clarify some of my questions
> > Is there a way to see my current list of aliases?
>
> Several people said just look at you alias file. Well, I can do that,
> but I see there is an alias_format variable, which the manual claims
> "specifies the format of the data displayed for the `alias' menu".
> So I assume there must be some way to call up the alias menu.
Start a new message and hit tab when prompted for 'To', 'Cc', etc.
> > When new mail arrives, the index does not scroll down to show the new
> > mail. It would be nice if it did. It would also be nice if it showed
> > all the new mail on startup (if it fits on the screen). Currently it
> > tends to just show the first line.
>
> When new mail arrives, I get a message saying "New Mail" at the bottom
> of the screen. But all I actually see in the index are my old messages,
> because the new ones are off the bottom of the page. It would be useful
> to have mutt autoscroll to bring new messages onto the screen so that
> I could tell at a glance if I wanted to bother with the message.
Are you using the thread features? If not, try them. Sorting by threads
and viewing threads collapsed will keep a lot more messages viewable per
screen.
> Also, suppose I start up mutt and my inbox has 200 old and 20 new messages,
> and my window allows me to display 40 lines. Mutt shows me messages
> 161-201, all but one of which is old, when I start up. I would rather
> it show 180-220, i.e. show me all the new messages (if possible) and
> as many of the old messages as possible.
Play around with different sorting methods and using 'push' to make Mutt
start at the top/bottom/etc. of the mailbox. Alternately, add macros to
toggle the limit between displaying only new messages and all messages.
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