On Sat, Jan 06, 2001 at 12:00:07AM -0800, Gary Johnson wrote:
> On Sat, Jan 06, 2001 at 07:17:18AM +0100, Petri Kelottij?rvi wrote:
> 
> > 2: How do I make Mutt start in, say, ~/Mail/mutt-users instead of the
> >    global mailbox? I'm sure this is in the docs but I can't find it,
> >    as usual :(
> 
> In your muttrc file, put
> 
>     set spoolfile=~Mail/mutt-users
>     folder-hook . set spoolfile=$MAIL
> 
> That will start mutt in ~Mail/mutt-users, then immediately restore your
> spoolfile to the system mailbox.

A simpler solution, if you don't mind typing extra characters each time
you start mutt, or if you want to start mutt in different mailbox each
time, would be to start it as

    mutt -f ~/Mail/mutt-users

Gary

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Gary Johnson                 | Agilent Technologies
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                             | Spokane, Washington, USA

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