On Thu, Oct 05, 2000 at 05:45:18PM +0100, Paul wrote:
> For mail I use Qmail, and as mailbox-format I use the maildir format. My
> mail arrives in ~/Maildir.
>
> Through some nifty website I have tried to generate a .muttrc file, put it
> on disk, and of course, it does not work. When I start Mutt I am presented
> with a default message "Do not delete this mail" bla bla, as the header of
> an mbox mail-file.
>
> In all kinds of files I have read that Mutt is able to determine by itself
> what mailboxes it should use, but alas, not with me.
You could try to
:set status_format="%f"
to see what folder Mutt has opened for you. Is it really ~/Maildir?
Personally I would add
set spoolfile="~/Maildir"
to your .muttrc instead of using $MAIL, but it should do the same.. ?
