Hi!
On Sun, May 21, 2000 at 07:44:58PM +0100, Manuel Arriaga wrote:
> I believe I configured postfix correctly, but now I haven't got *a clue*
> on how to use mutt. And I did try to read the provided manual and the
> man page for mutt, but they don't seem to cover the basics... can anyone
> point me to some sort of tutorial which will teach me the very basics of
> mutt? How can I, for example send an email? Is there any special
> configuration necessary before doing so? I pressed "m" and then typed an
> address, then a subject line, and then got an "message aborted" error
> message... I thought that was due to the fact that I hadn't defined an
> editor, so I declared (at the bash prompt)
>
> VISUAL=emacs
> EDITOR=emacs
These environment are required to be exported from the shell to get seen
by mutt, so add
export VISUAL EDITOR
Alternatively you can set the editor variable in your .muttrc file.
> Or should I try a simpler email client? Is the latest version of elm any
> easier to use?
Elm has a nice alias editor mutt doesn't have, I see nothing else
important which makes elm easier to use.
A few short tips:
- some want to do "set move=no" in the .muttrc, which keeps all mail
in the incoming mailbox when exiting mutt
- A detailed listing of the commands available in a specific menu
can be displayed with the '?' key
- The "muttrc" manual page gives an overview of mutt's configuration
options
- Read the manual again, I really hope it isn't that bad, although
it certainly could be improved.
Gero
