Okay, just started using mutt, (previously used pine, decided to make the switch). I've heard pretty much nothing but good things about mutt, so I'm assuming most of my issues can be resolved, I just don't know how. I haven't used elm, so I can't import any knowledge from that.
Before I get to my questions, I just wanted to check for good resources. I've got the Mutt Manual, the Mutt reference, and the "My first Mutt" page. Any other good newbie references I've missed? Here goes: Okay, this is a simple one, but I didn't come across it in the docs. How do I set my From: address? I tinkered with my EMAIL enviroment, but that didn't make a difference. The navigation seems kind of inconsistent. While reading from the spool file, <return> takes you inward, and "i" takes you to the message listing. Except that if you try to change mail folders, "i" no longer works, you want <tab>. "q" takes you out of menus, but <ctrl-G> gets you out of prompts. Vi is the default editor, but in-program prompts use Emacs bindings. Is it just something to get used to, or is there some unifying concept that I'm not getting? I've heard that you can tell it to use vi-like keybindings. Is that one setting in the rc file, or is that redefining everything? I'd love the vi-keybindings, but I don't like to rely on rc files (for any program) that are more than 10-15 lines, since I can't always assume I'll be on the same system. Currently, I have three locations for mail: my spool file/dir (forget which exim uses), ~/Mail/* folders, and ~/mbox. I haven't come up with a convenient way to navigate between these. "c" lets me hop into any of the ~/Mail/* easily, but then getting back to the spool or to ~/mbox requires more work than I'd expect for the "default" places for mail. am I missing something? (I know I can tell mutt to use an alternate in place of ~/mbox, but surely there's a better way to get to the mbox its using than to specifiy path/file?) I can mark messages as deleted with "d". How do I purge those aside from exiting mutt? I've stumbled across the following flags so far: rT+*FO. Of those, I've figured out (read) that r is replied-to, and * is tagged. What are +, F, and O? [ and ] are bound to half-pages in the listing, but not in the pager. Is there any navigation beyond <space> and - in the pager? Is there an equivalent of the "sent-mail" folder? A convenient way to make one? If I hand-roll (via perl) the monthly archiving of such folders to mimic pine's behavior, what locking procedure does mutt use so that I can ensure I don't trample while it's reading/writing? I'm looking at having Mail::Audit parse out my mail to various folders. Is there a convenient way to watch for traffic in these folders without entering each one? I appreciate all the help!
