Dean Richard Benson wrote: > > First time poster, so please be gentle! :) > > I have just upgraded from Outlook 2000 to Mutt.
that's a big upgrade! also a very different way of doing things. one minor thing... you don't appear to be wrapping your lines in your editor... it's generally considered polite to wrap your lines around 72-74 characters. how you do this depends on your editor - check the archives for information on how to do this with various editors. > Using the most recent version and starting mutt via mutt -y to > default to the folder list. > It shows me which folders have new mail in with the N character, but > this never updates unless I a) exit and restart mutt b) go into a > folder and then back to the folder list > > Is this the expected operation or have a fscked up? :) i'm pretty sure that's the normal operation... hasn't caused me problems personally since i usually switch to the file browser from one of my folders.... -- Will Yardley input: william < @ hq . newdream . net . >