Ok, thanks Scott
but pardon my stupidity, where should I set this, rc.local with a set
command? I have Redhat, and am not clear on setting environment variables. I
know this is the kind of thing I should know but I've been puzzled by
setting environment variables for a while now, all the reference books seem
to assume more experience with environment variables than I have.
I presume that other people who want to use Mutt with Maildir must also need
to do this.
Alex Miller
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Scott Schwartz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Saturday, June 19, 1999 2:07 AM
> To: Qmail
> Subject: Re: Pine, Mutt, and Maildir
>
>
> "Alex Miller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> | However, Mutt seems to be looking for the Mailbox, and I can't
> see an option
> | for setting it to use Maildirs.
>
> Set $MAIL to point to your maildir.
>
> But... is it my imagination or does mutt read the whole maildir, and
> then write it back? That's just awful to contemplate. One of the big
> advantages of maildir (and mh) is that you don't have to write the
> whole thing back just to update a few messages.
>
>
