On Wed, Feb 07, 2018 at 10:37:14PM +0100, kalle wrote:
> hello,
>
> In the manual v.1.9.2, chapter "2.1 Index" it says
>
> "The index is the screen that you usually see first when you start Mutt. It
> gives an overview over your emails in the currently opened mailbox."
>
> The problem is: there are no mails to see, because there is no mailbox of
> mine open and I don't know how to do this.
Have you set up the default mailbox, like this:
set mbox=+INBOX
It would be better to attach your .muttrc so that others can see what is going
wrong with your mutt configuration.
> It is the third time already that I try to learn mutt but having no mails to
> start with, not knowing what is meant by a 'mailbox' and how to administrate
> it, even when reading in the newbie manual not getting to a point.
>
> I usually use thunderbird and thus already have some experience with e-mail,
> but what I got from trying to learn mutt is just depressing for me.
--
Yubin
