On Sun, 3 Feb 2002, David T-G wrote: [snip!] > What version of mutt are you running?
Now that is some serious help. Thank you and Bruno, both. I did, indeed, find that an old version of mutt was being launched. Don't ya love path conflicts? So, while I was sorting that out, I downloaded the _very_ latest version, as well as OpenSSL, and compiled them both. I won't get caught behind again. > as you note below; the "imap://..." format is a 1.3 development. [snip!] Ok. That's prominently written in the IMAP document. In this case, however, I was ignorant of the fact that I was launching the wrong version. :( > Hmmm... Yep. That points to an older version of mutt, I think; we > see that IMAP is working (and that your mutt was buillt with IMAP > support). [snip!] Initialization == RCFile. Got it. Perfect. Not having the commands working got me to putting the docs under the microscope. I guess I was putting too much into it. > REMEMBER THIS. One thing that mutt needs is improved user > documentation. Unfortunately, the hardest thing for developers and > users familiar with it is to remember what was challenging or get > past what is second nature. Please, please, please take notes of > everything that is unclear or needs work so that it can be fixed up > later. You might even contribute to the documentation effort! > Oh, yeah -- and we'll try to help you with this problem as we go > :-) I think that attempting to alter the document to guide a person who is using the wrong version might be the wrong target audience. I feel like such a newbie for making such a mistake. But, if I spot any corrections needed in the documentation in order to better address the latest version, I'll be sure and bring them up. > % I'm just missing some mental building blocks that the docs don't > % cover. > > Right. In addition to checking your version, let us know where > else you need help and we'll fill in the gaps. Well, with this "major breakthrough" (*laugh*) I think I'm on track to getting this working. One stop shopping for all my mail! woohoo! Thanks for the patience. -- William Guynes
