on Apr 23, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Hi All
> Ive recentlt came to mutt as a disgruntled pine user.
So have I, without regret :-)
> My main concern is "address book". Mutt seems to assume some familiatary from the
>user with "aliases". Its seeming lack of explanation or tools to "address" a mail
>leads me to beleive its far too simple and that I completely dont undersatnd the
>principle of "alaises".
> I really need to know -how- mutts tools work with simply addressing an email
> Im _sure_ i dont have to type the address by hand!
well it's quite simple : an alias is a shortcut for an email address. You can
for instance define 'mu' for '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'. When mutt prompts you for
a recepient, all you have to do is type the alias.
How does mutt handle aliases ? They can be defined in your .muttrc, with lines
such as
alias mu Mutt-users <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
(the second field is how the alias will be expanded in your headers)
You can also store them in another fil (typically .mutt.aliases), but you then
have to source the file from your .muttrc
When you receive an article, you can create an alias for the sender by hitting
'a'. Mutt prompts you for the alias (by default the left part of the address),
then the address and a personnal name. The file where mutt stores its aliases
is defined in your .muttrc:
set alias_file=~/.mutt.aliases #file used for creating aliases
> Also, do I need a *special* program to simply view urls?
> How does one (using the cursor) scroll thru a mailx to get to a url.
I'm not sur what you mean by *view* urls. Personnaly, I use 'urlview' that
searches the message for url/mail addresses, and allows you to choose from a
list to start the corresponding application (lynx, netscape, mutt)
I have the following lines in my .muttrc:
# calling the webbrowser through use of urlview:
macro index \cb "|urlview\n" # Ctl-b starts urlview
# the config file of urlview is ~/.urlview
I didn't have urlview with my distribution, but found it easily on a mutt
site.
HTH
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