Quoting Gary Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: [--- Original request snipped ---] > > To start with, mutt is a mailer, otherwise known as a mail user agent > (MUA) or an e-mail client. It is not an editor. That distinction > sometimes confuses people at first. To learn about mutt, > > - Read the manual. > - Use the help screens. > - Follow this list. > - Follow the comp.mail.mutt newsgroup. > - Look at http://www.mutt.org/. > > The web site has links to a number of resources that might be helpful, > especially: > > - Articles in the press > - Mutt FAQ > - Sample configuration files > > Reading the manual is good, but it's difficult to absorb everything in > it. It can also be difficult to distinguish the important, often-used > features from the more esoteric ones, and the _implications_ of various > features are not always obvious, at least to me. I've learned the most > from reading this list, trying out features that are discussed here, > then reading the relevant parts of the manual to find out more. Well said! It is all to easy to tell people to RTFM, and so forth (which is by all means correct, but not the whole picture), but you've definitely given a good combination of references. -Doug -- *=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=* Douglas L. Potts Spectral Systems, Inc. Url: http://www.bigfoot.com/~pottsdl "One of the main causes of the fall of the Roman Empire was that, lacking zero, they had no way to indicate successful termination of their C Programs." - Ralf Hildebrandt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> *=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*
