I spoke too soon--it works the same for me when I switch to the 'sent' mailbox, but then I get the same behavior when I switch back to 'inbox', i.e., it shows the 'To:' line.
On Mon, 15 Jul 2002 at 17:26:23 -0400, John P Verel soliloquized thusly: > On 07/15/02 14:55 -0600, Dhruva B. Reddy wrote: > > I use mutt 1.3.28 (the Debian package). When viewing the list of > > messages in my 'sent' mailbox (where I copy my sent messages), it > > displays the 'From:' line. This is not very useful, since I already > > know that all messages in this mailbox are from me. This has been > > happening ever since I switch from mutt 1.3.20. Is there a way that I > > can get it to revert to the previous behavior? I couldn't find anything > > in the manual about this, specifically. > > > I do what you're seeking with a folder hook. My ~/.muttrc includes: > > folder-hook outbox 'set index_format="%4C %Z %d %-20.20t (%3l) %s"' > > which produces: > > 575 07/07/02 14:54 -0400 To Joe Foo ( 11) New Red Hat Beta Announcement > > See the manual for index_format to suit your needs. > > John >