* Brian Fields ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> I've been using Pine with IMAP on a Linux server and I want to move to
> mutt because of its wonderful interface and configurability.
>
> I just joined the list today and cannot find any mention of using an
> address book as in Pine. Is there a way to add an addressbook to mutt?
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
>
> baff > brian a fields
> Baffling Media | http://www.baff.com
> 25Megs for $20 @ CometSite.com | http://www.CometSite.com
Mutt uses abbreviations instead of an address book.
At the *top* of ~/.muttrc stick something like:
## File to use for *saving* new aliases
set alias_file=~/.mutt.aliases
## File to search for aliases in
source ~/.mutt.aliases
Now you can grab email addresses from messages, and save them in this
file, with an alias. Then in future you can use the alias to send
messages, instead of the full address.
In the send window, you can also tab-complete aliases in To and Cc.
You can also add new ones by hand into the .mutt.aliases file...
Tom.
--
.-------------------------------------------------------.
.^. | Tom Gilbert, England | [EMAIL PROTECTED] |
/V\ |----------------------| www.tomgilbert.freeserve.co.uk |
// \\ | Sites I recommend: `--------------------------------|
/( )\ | www.freshmeat.net www.enlightenment.org www.gnome.org |
^^-^^ `-------------------------------------------------------'
