Re: mutt: new user

2013-11-17 Thread Chris Bannister
On Sun, Nov 17, 2013 at 01:59:04PM -0600, rlhar...@oplink.net wrote: > so the payback is almost immediate. In terms of user efficiency, the > only MUA which is competitive to Mutt is Gnus. (I view Gnus as almost > a religion; it is a marvelous and rewarding system, but it has a steep > learning c

Re: mutt: new user

2013-11-17 Thread Robert Holtzman
On Sun, Nov 17, 2013 at 12:30:00PM +0100, Martin Vegter wrote: ...snip.. > thanks, I have the sent folder set up already. > > set mbox_type=Maildir > > setfolder="~/.mail/" > set mbox="~/.mail/" > set spoolfile="~/.mail/inbox/" > setrecord="~/.ma

Re: mutt: new user

2013-11-17 Thread rlharris
> On Sun, Nov 17, 2013 at 01:59:04PM -0600, rlhar...@oplink.net wrote: > I tried switching to mutt about 4 years back. I spent about a couple of > days to figure out the details, but failed (I was relatively new to *nix > at the time). I tried it again last year. I got everything working in > 3-

Re: mutt: new user

2013-11-17 Thread rlharris
> On Sun, Nov 17, 2013 at 04:41:30PM +0100, Rejo Zenger wrote: >> ++ 17/11/13 08:16 -0600 - rlhar...@oplink.net: >> >$ mkdir -p ~/.mail/archive/(cur,new,tmp) >> >> That should have curly brackets and read: >> >> mkdir -p ~/.mail/archive/r{ur,new,tmp} > > Correcting the typo: > > mkdir -p ~/.mai

Re: mutt: new user

2013-11-17 Thread Rejo Zenger
++ 17/11/13 20:48 +0100 - Suvayu Ali: >> >$ mkdir -p ~/.mail/archive/(cur,new,tmp) >> That should have curly brackets and read: >> mkdir -p ~/.mail/archive/r{ur,new,tmp} > >Correcting the typo: > > mkdir -p ~/.mail/archive/{cur,new,tmp} Right. :) I was in insert mode of vim already, when I see

Re: mutt: new user

2013-11-17 Thread Suvayu Ali
On Sun, Nov 17, 2013 at 01:59:04PM -0600, rlhar...@oplink.net wrote: > > At first, the time required to configure the mail system may seem > excessive and a wasteful expenditure. But once you are running, it > should be evident to you that with Mutt you can process messages much > faster than you

Re: mutt: new user

2013-11-17 Thread rlharris
> On Sun, Nov 17, 2013 at 04:41:30PM +0100, Rejo Zenger wrote: >> ++ 17/11/13 08:16 -0600 - rlhar...@oplink.net: >> >$ mkdir -p ~/.mail/archive/(cur,new,tmp) >> >> That should have curly brackets and read: >> >> mkdir -p ~/.mail/archive/r{ur,new,tmp} > > Correcting the typo: > > mkdir -p ~/.mai

Re: mutt: new user

2013-11-17 Thread rlharris
> On Sun November 17, 2013 1200pm Martin Vegter wrote: ... > I am using Debian OS and Postfix as my mail server. I was using Alpine > in the past as my email client, but now I have switched to Mutt because > of maildir support. ... On Debian (thanks to the Debian maintainer), Mutt works "right out

Re: mutt: new user

2013-11-17 Thread Suvayu Ali
On Sun, Nov 17, 2013 at 04:41:30PM +0100, Rejo Zenger wrote: > ++ 17/11/13 08:16 -0600 - rlhar...@oplink.net: > >$ mkdir -p ~/.mail/archive/(cur,new,tmp) > > That should have curly brackets and read: > > mkdir -p ~/.mail/archive/r{ur,new,tmp} Correcting the typo: mkdir -p ~/.mail/archive/{c

Re: mutt: new user

2013-11-17 Thread Martin Vegter
On 2013-11-17 18:24, Paul E Condon wrote: On 20131117_123000, Martin Vegter wrote: On 2013-11-17 11:25, Chris Bannister wrote: On Sat, Nov 16, 2013 at 07:12:59PM +0100, Martin Vegter wrote: Dear list, I have just installed mutt, and I am little bit confused. I can see my received emails, but

Re: mutt: new user

2013-11-17 Thread Paul E Condon
On 20131117_123000, Martin Vegter wrote: > On 2013-11-17 11:25, Chris Bannister wrote: > >On Sat, Nov 16, 2013 at 07:12:59PM +0100, Martin Vegter wrote: > >>Dear list, > >> > >>I have just installed mutt, and I am little bit confused. I can see > >>my received emails, but I am not able to "switch"

Re: mutt: new user

2013-11-17 Thread Rejo Zenger
++ 17/11/13 08:16 -0600 - rlhar...@oplink.net: >$ mkdir -p ~/.mail/archive/(cur,new,tmp) That should have curly brackets and read: mkdir -p ~/.mail/archive/r{ur,new,tmp} -- Rejo Zenger . . 0x21DBEFD4 . GPG encrypted e-mail preferred . +31.6.39642738 . @rejozenger p

Re: mutt: new user

2013-11-17 Thread rlharris
> On Sun November 17, 2013 5:30 am Martin Vegter wrote: ... > I have the sent folder set up already. > > set mbox_type=Maildir > > setfolder="~/.mail/" > set mbox="~/.mail/" > set spoolfile="~/.mail/inbox/" > setrecord="~/.mail/sent" > set postponed="~/.ma

Re: mutt: new user

2013-11-17 Thread Martin Vegter
On 2013-11-17 11:25, Chris Bannister wrote: On Sat, Nov 16, 2013 at 07:12:59PM +0100, Martin Vegter wrote: Dear list, I have just installed mutt, and I am little bit confused. I can see my received emails, but I am not able to "switch" to my sent emails folder. Is this the way mutt is supposed

Re: mutt: new user

2013-11-17 Thread Chris Bannister
On Sat, Nov 16, 2013 at 07:12:59PM +0100, Martin Vegter wrote: > Dear list, > > I have just installed mutt, and I am little bit confused. I can see > my received emails, but I am not able to "switch" to my sent emails > folder. Is this the way mutt is supposed to work (only reading > received emai

Re: mutt: new user

2013-11-16 Thread Mick
On Saturday 16 Nov 2013 18:12:59 Martin Vegter wrote: > Dear list, > > I have just installed mutt, and I am little bit confused. I can see my > received emails, but I am not able to "switch" to my sent emails folder. > Is this the way mutt is supposed to work (only reading received emails)? This

Re: mutt: new user

2013-11-16 Thread rlharris
"Martin Vegter" wrote: > I have just installed mutt, and I am little bit confused. > ... On the web you can find a number of good Mutt guides which you can print out and use for reference. For example: => The Beginner's Guide to the Mutt E-Mail Client => My First Mutt => The Woodnotes Gu

mutt: new user

2013-11-16 Thread Martin Vegter
Dear list, I have just installed mutt, and I am little bit confused. I can see my received emails, but I am not able to "switch" to my sent emails folder. Is this the way mutt is supposed to work (only reading received emails)? Also, when I display a longer message, I can move down and up wit