* Johan Almqvist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002-09-11 15:52]:
> :source 'echo "alias foobar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>"'|
> the screen will "flash".  But the alias
> (that wasn't defined before) will work, too!

aha - so the pipe symbol at the end forces an evaluation..  hmm..

  $ cat /tmp/test
  echo 'set signature=/etc/passwd'
  echo 'set pager="vim -"'

  $ mutt
  :source /tmp/test|

ok - mutt flashes but it does
execute the set commands.

now, how to have all this executed silently?

Sven  [thinking about recursion, too, but...]

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