On Mon, Aug 02, 2004 at 04:58:47PM -0700, Ernest Byaruhanga wrote: > On Mon, 2 Aug 2004, Kabagambe Kenneth wrote: > > > > > > http://linuxjournal.com/article.php?sid=7564 > > is that from within the mutt ui or its a cli script? >
This is an option enabled with mutt.All you need to do is specify where your addressbook/alias-file will be located. > > > mutt features an external query feature that can allow you to pull email > should there not be a .muttrc file in the users home folder by default? it > seems the systemwide config file has very few options - a mutt newbie > might not find it easy creating a customised .muttrc file in his ~ . > Why create a .muttrc file for users when not all users will use mutt. > > > > - i have not seen yet how easily folders are created > > > > - it seems it automatically transfers read mail to some other folder > > > > other than the dafault mail folder > > This depends on your configuration in .muttrc. You can choose to leave the mail in > > /var/mail > > or move them to ~/Mail > > but how are folders created and browsed through in mailman? also , are > there rules-based mail filters? > Yes. /var/mail already exists. ~/Mail is created if you choose to move your mail from /var/mail to your home directory. You can convert your existing Pine addressbook using the pine2mutt script which can be found at http://www.michnet.de/mutt/files/pine2mutt-0.2 or you can use the version at http://www.netmeister.org/apps/pine2mutt/index-2.html#ss2.1 > what about setting outgoing domain name? [something similar to sendmail's > masq domain..] > This is also set in your .muttrc file as set from="John Doe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>" set hostname=relay2.ucia.gov > cheers, A useful link is : http://www.michnet.de/mutt/ > > ernest. > kenneth --------------------------------------------- This service is hosted on the Infocom network http://www.infocom.co.ug
