Hi!
On Wed, Apr 12, 2000 at 09:11:29AM -0700, Danny Alvendia wrote:
> I have problems setting up the mutt mailer. I use a Unix station, when I
> enter mutt,
> I get the mailer but do not have the muttrc anywhere to be found. I got
> some of
> the .muttrc from the site and copied it and it's still being ignored.
I'd suggest to start with an empty .muttrc to which you can add
things. Copying a muttrc from others is probably annoying if you don't
agree with most of the preferences of that person.
The system defaults are usually in a file called Muttrc, it's directory
is listed under SYSCONFDIR of the output from `mutt -v' .
> When I created an alias file and sourced it, I was always told "missing
> redirection".
To create aliases add lines like
alias key address [ , address, ... ]
to your .muttrc (or another file which you include with "source file").
This is explained more detailed in paragraph "3.2 Defining/Using aliases"
of the manual. This is supposed to be readable with the F1 key, if
this doesn't work, ask the administrator for the location.
> I am new to this and need all the help possible. I used to be an ELM
> user. With elm,
> when you access it, elmrc, and others are created. Is mutt supposed to
> do the same
> thing?
No. The personal configuration must be maintained with your editor, but
it is very flexible with hooks and macros.
Gero
