> > > Thanks for responding, Kyle. I found the problem. Somewhere along > > the line, while I was messing around with my .muttrc file, I changed > > the set force_name= variable to yes instead of no. And, as you > > know, that overode my set record=~/Mail/sent. For the time being I > > am happy to have the copies of outgoing mail appended to /Mail/sent. > > So, all is well again. I am curious about one thing, however. It > > seems that having a dedicated "sent" mailbox is verboten. Why is > > that? > > What do you mean? You set $record to something; is that not your > dedicated "sent" mailbox? That's not forbidden at all! > > ~Kyle
You're right...I'm confusing the issue. "Sent," as defined by $record, is indeed my dedicated "sent" mailbox. But it is itself a file to which all of the copies of outgoing mail are appended. All of my other mailboxes, including inbox, are directories, which are refered to in .muttrc by "mailboxes <path to mailbox>". And all of these are read to via Procmail. I guess I'm asking why should not "sent" be handled in the same manner. Rem
