Mikko Hänninen wrote:
>
> Kelly Scroggins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on Tue, 09 May 2000:
> > When I try to send, reply, or forward a message with mutt I get this
> > error :
> >
> > "Abort unmodified message? ([y]/n):?"
> >
> > When I answer 'no' I get a 'Mutt : Compose' screen but it's not the vi
> > editor. It looks like the screen that's used to select attachments or
> > something.
> >
> > The .muttrc is the very same one from my home machine and it works well,
> > (at home).
>
> Sounds like whatever you use for editor is not present, or is exiting
> immediately. So Mutt runs the editor, which exits, and then Mutt sees
> that the stub file that it provided for the editor has not been changed,
> so it asks you that question.
>
> I'd looking into your $editor setting... An editor that you use on your
> home computer might be even present on your work computer, or it might
> behave differently.
That's what puzzles me. I use vi at home and on this (work) machine.
It's there. the command to call an editor is exactly the same as I use
at home. It's the same .muttrc file.
This happened with another .muttrc on this machine too. That's why I
decided to bring my .muttrc from home. The first .muttrc I used is the
one from Sven Guckes. See info below.
##
========================================================================
## Availability: This file is available as
## <URL:http://www.math.fu-berlin.de/~guckes/mutt/muttrc>
## and was written by
## <a href="http://www.math.fu-berlin.de/~guckes/">Sven Guckes</a>
## <a
href="mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]">[EMAIL PROTECTED]</a>
## Please send your comments via email!
##
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Thanks,
kelly
>
> > One note : This machine is at work. When I send mail using my private
> > account in netscape messenger, I have to configure it to send outgoing
> > mail on the company mail (exchange) server. But I can receive directly
> > from my ISPs POP account.
>
> Well, you'd better make sure that the machine also has a working
> mail sending program, since Mutt doesn't do SMTP to a remote server.
> However, this is a completely separate issue from the above. It might
> affect you once you get the editor setting sorted out.
>
> Hope this helps,
> Mikko
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