On Fri, Jun 30, 2000 at 04:01:47PM +0530, Suresh Ramasubramanian muttered:
> Mrinal Kalakrishnan proclaimed on mutt-users that:
>
> >Why don't you post each FAQ to the list as each one is done (all in
> >one thread) so that people can suggest changes, as well as track it's
> >development?
>
> 'k. Here (as printed in lynx) is what index.html will look like ...
> (thanks to Sven for a few additions). Requires a _lot_ of work right now.
>
>
> Mutt for Newbies
>
> Mutt - the mongrel of Mail User Agents [mutt.gif]
>
> "All mail clients suck. This one just sucks less." - Mike Elkins
> ^^^^ running mutt line from sven's page
>
> Mutt is a mail program. Actually, it is a mixture of mail programs,
> taking only the best features of several mail programs - elm, pine,
> and others. It's mixture makes it a "mongrel of mailers" - hence its
> name - "mutt". <woof>
>
> The original author of Mutt was Michael Elkins.
And still is, as has been noted.
>
> Mutt is much lighter and far more configurable than PINE, and (dare I
> say it) far lighter and just as configurable as VM on emacs - see for
> yourself.
>
> Mutt has much more features than Microsoft Outlook Express and other
many
Product names should have TM if you can do it.
> such 'doze brokenware, and streets ahead of (say) PINE because
>
> * It sucks less (so says Mike Elkins)
> * It rocks (and so say all of us)
> * vi is the default editor
> * Has lots of other cool features
This is fun, but doesn't really tell the reader why mutt is better than
Pine.
>
> [I wish there was an extra page for this, eg
> http://www.mutt.org/features.html]
>
> Get up and running with mutt
>
> Mutt will work out of the box, but there are a few things which may
> have to be tweaked. For example, you might want to get your mail via
> POP from within Mutt - then you need to install it such that it
> contains the code for POP support. Other installation options add code
> for colored text, use of Gnu regular expressions, and protocols such
> as GSS, IMAP, PGP, SSL. However, quite a lot of these tweaks will be
Is PGP a protocol? I know there is an RFC, but don't tknow its
status. Also, as a rule you should spell out an acronym the first time the
reader encounters it. For example: Pretty Good Privacy (PGP), Secure
Sockets Layer (SSL). Acronyms are also excellent candidates for a
glossary.
> to your "muttrc" - the user's configuration file (usually
> $HOME/.muttrc).
>
> One of these tweaks is setting your outbound address, ie the one that
> will show up in the From: line. For example, I have a linux box called
> whack.spammers.cluestick.org, but my address is [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> I don't want to send out mails as [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> - I wouldn't even get a single reply, and anyone trying to mail me at
> this very entertaining address would get a bounce. So, I have to tell
> mutt that my address is actually [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> The line in my muttrc then would read like this:
>
> my_hdr From: Suresh Ramasubramanian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> There's a few more things I'd love to do - and can do with mutt. Using
> PINE, I'd just not bother trying them at all :)
Insert period (.) at the end: trying them at all. :)
>
> The best way to get a running start is to grab someone's .muttrc and
> make a few minor changes.
>
> There are a few very good (and one fair to middling) .muttrcs (in HTML
> format) linked below - they are all extensively commented.
> * Mike Elkins
> * Thomas Roessler
> * Sven Guckes (*)
> * Felix von Leitner
> * Karsten Rohrbach
> * Lots more at dotfiles.com
> * Oh yeah - I'll throw in my .muttrc as well :)
>
> Or, you could try Mahdi Nazir's online .muttrc generator at
> http://mutt.netliberte.org See also:
> http://www.math.fu-berlin.de/~guckes/mutt/user.html for some more
> pages on mutt with setup files, patches, scripts and more.
>
> Now, you've probably got a serviceable (actually, a pretty good)
> .muttrc - quite adequate if you use only one e-mail address and don't
> get too much mail (especially from several mailing lists). If you are
> a trifle more adventurous, see below :)
Again, period before the smiley.
>
> * Using multiple e-mail addresses in Mutt
> * Managing mailing lists with Mutt
> * Using keybindings to customize mutt
> * Color setups for folder index, mail header and mail body
> * managing mails via IMAP
> * managing mails via POP
> * using digital signatures
> * setup for your language
>
> $Id: mutt/index.html: $Author: Suresh Ramasubramanian - mallet (@)
> cluestick.org$ $Date: 2000/06/20 19:17:06$ $Revision: 1.00$
>
> with some additions by Sven Guckes 000628
This is a good start. I suggest you also cover personalities, as at
http://www.acoustics.hut.fi/~mara/mutt/profiles.html.
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