Re: Multiple attachment script
On 14/08/02, from the brain of Gary Johnson tumbled: On Wed, Aug 14, 2002 at 05:38:41PM -0700, Michael Montagne wrote: I'm playing around a bit with rox. There is a feature called Send-to. It will take a selection of files and pass them to a program. What I'd like is to pass the files to mutt and have them be the attachments. I tried: konsole -e mutt -a $@ in a shell script but it appears that the -a argument only accepts one file, cause it works then. Is my desire possible? Well it must be, but is it possible within reasonable limited shell script programming knowledge? How about this? cmd=konsole -e mutt for a in $@ do cmd=$cmd -a $a done $cmd HTH, Gary Good idea. Here's another one. #!/bin/bash if [ $# -eq 1 ] then konsole -e mutt -a $1 else tar -czf ~/attachedfiles.tgz $@ konsole -e mutt -a ~/attachedfiles.tgz fi -- Michael Montagne [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] 503.226.1575 --
DSN
How can I set a delivery receipt? Are they reliable? I set: set dsn_notify='failure,delay,success' set dsn_return=hdrs But I get nothing back. It seems that my last experiment in this area( a few months ago) I got one receipt back in a great many trials. It is possible mutt is not compiled with dsn support. How do I know? Here is mutt -v: ystem: Linux 2.2.18 (i686) [using ncurses 5.2] Compile options: -DOMAIN -DEBUG -HOMESPOOL +USE_SETGID +USE_DOTLOCK +DL_STANDALONE +USE_FCNTL -USE_FLOCK +USE_POP +USE_IMAP +IMAP_EDIT_THREADS -USE_GSS -USE_SSL +USE_SASL +HAVE_REGCOMP -USE_GNU_REGEX +HAVE_COLOR +HAVE_START_COLOR +HAVE_TYPEAHEAD +HAVE_BKGDSET +HAVE_CURS_SET +HAVE_META +HAVE_RESIZETERM +HAVE_PGP -BUFFY_SIZE -EXACT_ADDRESS -SUN_ATTACHMENT +ENABLE_NLS -LOCALES_HACK +COMPRESSED +HAVE_WC_FUNCS +HAVE_LANGINFO_CODESET ++HAVE_LANGINFO_YESEXPR +HAVE_ICONV -ICONV_NONTRANS +HAVE_GETSID +HAVE_GETADDRINFO ISPELL=/usr/bin/ispell SENDMAIL=/usr/sbin/sendmail MAILPATH=/var/mail PKGDATADIR=/usr/share/mutt SYSCONFDIR=/etc EXECSHELL=/bin/sh -MIXMASTER To contact the developers, please mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]. To report a bug, please use the flea(1) utility. patch-1.5.tlr.mx_open_append.2 patch-1.3.28.rr.compressed.1 patch-1.3.26.appoct.3 patch-1.3.15.sw.pgp-outlook.1 Md.use_editor Md.paths_mutt.man Md.muttbug_no_list patch-1.3.27.bse.xtitles.1 patch-1.3.28.cd.purge_message.3 Md.use_etc_mailname Md.muttbug_warning Md.gpg_status_fd patch-1.3.28.cd.trash_folder.3.1 patch-1.3.28.cd.signatures_menu.2.1 patch-1.3.28.cd.pattern_broken.1 patch-1.3.28.cd.ifdef.1 patch-1.3.28.cd.edit_threads.9.2 patch-1.3.23.1.ametzler.pgp_good_sign -- Michael Montagne [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] 503.226.1575 --
Re: Content-Type: APPLICATION/ZIP
On my system I press v to see a list of all attachments and then highlight one an press s to save it. You are given an opportunity to enter a filename. You can even configure the default location for saved attachments. On 14/08/02, from the brain of Deb tumbled: Hi, I have received an attachment with the following Content headers: ---559023410-758783491-1029297308=:3487 Content-Type: APPLICATION/ZIP; name=SA400_LF_revC_0401.zip Content-Transfer-Encoding: BASE64 Content-ID: Pine.GSO.4.10.10208132055080.3487@pipeline Content-Description: Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=SA400_LF_revC_0401.zip Since I had no mailcap defined, I put this is in my Muttrc: set mailcap_path=~/.mutt/mailcap Then in the mailcap file I put: application/ZIP; /bin/unzip %s But, when I view the file with the attachment, down at the bottom it says, mailcap entry for type application/ZIP not found What am I missing? Should I be doing something with the BASE64? Also, I don't really want to unzip the file right away, I want to just save the attachement to a file called SA400_LF_revC_0401.zip (see above Content header). How would I do that? Groping around in the dark... deb -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- There are 010 types of people in the world: those that understand binary, and those that don't. ??? ~ -- Michael Montagne [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] 503.226.1575 --
Re: Content-Type: APPLICATION/ZIP
I have this macro defined: macro attach s save-entrybol~/Attach/eol It redefines the default s On 14/08/02, from the brain of Deb tumbled: Michael Montagne [EMAIL PROTECTED] had this to say, On my system I press v to see a list of all attachments and then highlight one an press s to save it. You are given an opportunity to enter a filename. smack! my forehead Of course! okay, I can save it and unzip it manually. You can even configure the default location for saved attachments. How do you do that? Any ideas about why my mailcap didn't work? Thanks for your response (though I should have known about 'v') deb -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- There are 010 types of people in the world: those that understand binary, and those that don't. ??? ~ -- Michael Montagne [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] 503.226.1575 --
Multiple attachment script
I'm playing around a bit with rox. There is a feature called Send-to. It will take a selection of files and pass them to a program. What I'd like is to pass the files to mutt and have them be the attachments. I tried: konsole -e mutt -a $@ in a shell script but it appears that the -a argument only accepts one file, cause it works then. Is my desire possible? Well it must be, but is it possible within reasonable limited shell script programming knowledge? -- Michael Montagne [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] 503.226.1575 --
Re: Trash
On 30/07/02, from the brain of Benoit Friry tumbled: Michael Montagne wrote: I don't use maildir. Can I still use the Trash feature in version 1.4? Currently I'm using 1.3.28-bf1, but a recent apt-get upgraded me to 1.4 and now my trash directive in .muttrc generates an error. i'm assuming that you're using debian since you mention apt. i'm not sure what the '-bf1' is for, but I'm assuming this is a patched version of mutt - which probably had the cd.trash.folder patch from: http://cedricduval.free.fr/mutt/ you can build your own mutt with patches you want (or download the debian source package, apply the patch, and rebuild the package). bf is mine ;) mutt_1.3.28-bf1 is a mutt .deb package i build from the official debian package mutt_1.3.28-1, including cedric's patches (a friend of mine). More explanation on http://www.friry.nom.fr/gnu/mutt. But i have still not build a package for 1.4 (no success at first try, and only 24 hours a day), but it's on my TODO list. benoit -- BOFH excuse #1 clock speed Benoit, Could you please post a message to this list when you succeed. I really appreciate your efforts. -- Michael Montagne [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] 503.226.1575 --
Trash
I don't use maildir. Can I still use the Trash feature in version 1.4? Currently I'm using 1.3.28-bf1, but a recent apt-get upgraded me to 1.4 and now my trash directive in .muttrc generates an error. -- Michael Montagne [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] 503.226.1575 --
Re: Trash
On 29/07/02, from the brain of David T-G tumbled: Michael -- ...and then Michael Montagne said... % % I don't use maildir. Can I still use the Trash feature in version 1.4? % Currently I'm using 1.3.28-bf1, but a recent apt-get upgraded me to 1.4 % and now my trash directive in .muttrc generates an error. What is that directive? I suspect that the mutt you were using before had Cedric Duval's trash folder patch applied and that the new one doesn't. Yes, that's true. I assumed it would be included in 1.4 by default. Do I need to switch to maildir to get the same functionality? -- Michael Montagne [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] 503.226.1575 --
Dafault for saving attachments
How do I set a default directory for saved attachments? Currently they go to my home directory but I'd like them to go to ~/attach or something. Thanks. -- Michael Montagne [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.boora.com
Re: folder-hook index_format
On 17/04/02, from the brain of Rocco Rutte tumbled: Hi, * Michael Montagne [04/17/02 20:25:08 CEST] wrote: I want my sentbox folder to show me the recipient's name, the date, etc. So I use this line in .muttrc. But all I get are blank lines. folder-hook sentbox set index_format=%d %t (%3l) %s Works here. Why not use %v or %L instead ot %t? So you wouldn't have to use folder-hooks, I guess, because %v makes exactly the distinction you'd like to have. If I use this line: folder-hook sentbox set index_format=%d %s Hmm, you could try enclosing the command in ''. %d requires a $date_format to be set, so check that, too. And btw, your first version really will look ugly. You probably would want to use something like: %d %-15.15t (%3l) %s HTH, Cheers, Rocco. I know it's ugly, it was only an example. The solution for me was to put all the formating in another file and source it into my .muttrc. It must've had something to do with the order I called things. I've had issues with that before, but it's only a guess. I used this terrific web page as a template http://www.davep.org/mutt/muttrc/folder-hooks.html -- Michael Montagne [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.boora.com
folder-hook index_format
I want my sentbox folder to show me the recipient's name, the date, etc. So I use this line in .muttrc. But all I get are blank lines. folder-hook sentbox set index_format=%d %t (%3l) %s If I use this line: folder-hook sentbox set index_format=%d %s All I get is the date. What am I missing? -- Michael Montagne [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.boora.com
Sending Mail
I apologize for asking a question that I know I've seen before, but I just can't seem to find it in the archives. When sending a message, after editing the text and exiting out of vim, I'm taken to a screen and required to press Y to send. How can I make Y the default so I can press ENTER? I believe ENTER is bound to edit, and I don't want to lose that ability either. -- Michael Montagne [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.boora.com
Debian package with trash
It appears that the trash folder patch did not make it into the latest testing version at Debian.org. Version 1.3.28-1. Are there any .deb files out there with this patch included? -- Michael Montagne [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.boora.com
Auto insert subject
I'm configuring my KDE clipboard menu to use Mutt. I want to be able to mail a URL string that is highlighted. What command line arguments can I use to insert the string represented by %s? The string used for the mailto:; link is: konsole -e mutt `echo %s | sed 's/mailto://g'` It doesn't seem to bring up mutt however, so I'm not sure it works either. If I can just get a command line string that works, I can figure out how to get mutt to come up. -- Michael Montagne [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.boora.com
Re: Auto insert subject (oops I mean BODY)
On 07/03/02, from the brain of Michael Montagne tumbled: I'm configuring my KDE clipboard menu to use Mutt. I want to be able to mail a URL string that is highlighted. What command line arguments can I use to insert the string represented by %s? The string used for the mailto:; link is: konsole -e mutt `echo %s | sed 's/mailto://g'` It doesn't seem to bring up mutt however, so I'm not sure it works either. If I can just get a command line string that works, I can figure out how to get mutt to come up. Oops not subject. I mean BODY. I want the URL to be in the BODY. -- Michael Montagne [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.boora.com
HTML mail
How do folks handle HTML mail. If I receive an attached HTML file (and HTML email, I think), autoview will decode it and I'll see it in the pager (correct term?). Then I can use v and when I view the link, Galeon is invoked and I can see the page. But if someone sends an entire page as the email, I don't get the option to view an HTML attachment. All I see is a bunch links and .gif references. I'm not sure what the differences are between these two conditions but it's one of the last pieces of the puzzle to make mutt truly amazing. -- Michael Montagne [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.boora.com
Re: HTML mail
On 07/03/02, from the brain of Joel Hammer tumbled: Have you just tried pressing v from the main page before you open up the letter? Joel On Thu, Mar 07, 2002 at 10:23:42AM -0800, Michael Montagne wrote: How do folks handle HTML mail. If I receive an attached HTML file (and HTML email, I think), autoview will decode it and I'll see it in the pager (correct term?). Then I can use v and when I view the link, Galeon is invoked and I can see the page. But if someone sends an entire page as the email, I don't get the option to view an HTML attachment. All I see is a bunch links and .gif references. I'm not sure what the differences are between these two conditions but it's one of the last pieces of the puzzle to make mutt truly amazing. That's the weird thing. Sometimes I get mail that doesn't present a text/html option and sometimes it does. -- Michael Montagne [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.boora.com
Alias Groups
How best to maintain groups of email addresses? I need to list about 10 people that I want to reference with one alias. Just like in (I hate to say it) Outlook. -- Michael Montagne [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.boora.com
Re: [Announce] lbdb 0.26
On 11/02/02, from the brain of Roland Rosenfeld tumbled: I just released a new version of the little brother's database with the following changes: lbdb (0.26) unstable; urgency=low * m_finger: Suppress lines where real name is '???' (some versions of finger seem to use this for non existing users) (Closes: #112127). * m_wanderlust: new module to read ~/.addesses file from WanderLust MUA. Module provided by Gergely Nagy [EMAIL PROTECTED]. (Closes: #133209). * Quote the search string in m_yppasswd, m_nispasswd and m_getent as mentioned by Gary Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED]. * Add CVS Id tags to all modules. -- Roland Rosenfeld [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mon, 11 Feb 2002 20:23:42 +0100 Tscho Roland One thing I've never been able to figure out. I installed from a .deb file and didn't do much tweaking after that but how do duplicates get removed from my m_inmail.list file that is maintained when I receive emails. Am I supposed to run a cron job? If so, can someone point me to an appropriate script? -- Michael Montagne [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.boora.com
Folder Hook malfunction
I recently upgraded to 1.3.27i. To do so I found a .deb package compiled at http://friry.nom.fr/gnu/mutt/index.html . That had all the patches in in. I was mainly interested in the trash patch. I realize that it comes with no guarantees but No any folder hook with an explicit folder does not fire. Here is an example of what does not work. folder-hook spam push T'.*'enterdenter It seems that when I explicitly mention a folder, it does not run. This works: folder-hook . push T'.*'enterdenter Did something happen to make my syntax incorrect? I also tried folder-hook =spam push T'.*'enterdenter and folder-hook =spam$ push T'.*'enterdenter -- Michael Montagne [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.boora.com
Re: Folder Hook malfunction
On 01/02/02, from the brain of Michael Montagne tumbled: I recently upgraded to 1.3.27i. To do so I found a .deb package compiled at http://friry.nom.fr/gnu/mutt/index.html . That had all the patches in in. I was mainly interested in the trash patch. I realize that it comes with no guarantees but No any folder hook with an explicit folder does not fire. Here is an example of what does not work. folder-hook spam push T'.*'enterdenter It seems that when I explicitly mention a folder, it does not run. This works: folder-hook . push T'.*'enterdenter Did something happen to make my syntax incorrect? I also tried folder-hook =spam push T'.*'enterdenter and folder-hook =spam$ push T'.*'enterdenter Now it appears that it's the listing of multiple files that doesn't work: folder-hook . push T'~d2w !~F'enterD'~T'enter WORKS folder-hook . !mjmsave !rath push T'~d2w !~F'enterD'~T'enter DOES NOT WORK -- Michael Montagne [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.boora.com
Remove lbdb entries
I just started using lbdb and it is cool the way it collects addresses from everyone sending me mail. But I'd like a way to prune the list cause I am a member of several mailing lists and I don't think that all those addresses need to be in my database. I can't seem to delete an entry tho. How would one do that? -- Michael Montagne [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.boora.com
Re: Remove lbdb entries
On 31/01/02, from the brain of Dave Pearson tumbled: On Thu, Jan 31, 2002 at 09:50:16AM -0800, Michael Montagne wrote: I just started using lbdb and it is cool the way it collects addresses from everyone sending me mail. But I'd like a way to prune the list cause I am a member of several mailing lists and I don't think that all those addresses need to be in my database. I can't seem to delete an entry tho. How would one do that? How did you attempt to delete an entry? I think you'll find that you can simply edit ~/.lbdb/m_inmail.list and remove the entries you don't want. Yep, that'll woik. I thought there might be a keystroke as your browsing matches in mutt. Thanks both. -- Michael Montagne [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.boora.com
Re: rewriting message stautus
On 28/01/02, from the brain of Justin R. Miller tumbled: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Thus spake Nicholas A. Martini ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): folder-hook lists 'color index brightmagenta default ~x mithrandir.codesorcery.net !~P' Can you explain how this works? I think I can use it to Flag entire threads if they have any Flagged messages in them. But I'm a bit new and I don't understand the syntax. -- Michael Montagne [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.boora.com
Re: Don't mention MUAS to fight html email
On 25/01/02, from the brain of Marco tumbled: You must answer that it's like mailing a letter inside a three pounds box ... at the expense of the receiver. Never talk about text muas and operating systems when fighting HTML mail, point out that it's bad EVEN for outlook/windows users. They don't get it, and most times, actually, it's not their fault. Marco I often read about the evils os HTML email and since I do all my email with mutt now, I appreciate text email. But something I don't understand is the argument that it slows down the internet for everyone. Isn't HTML just text? The tags are evaluated and formatted at the client. So is it just that there is more text than there needs to be? Or is it the links and scripts that are often included? I'd like to be more informed as I operate in an office full of windows users who like to format everything in sight. -- Michael Montagne [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.boora.com
grepm
I was just reading about grepmail and was led to a wrapper for it specifically for mutt called grepm. Sounds like something that might be neat. After installing the software, how do I implement it in mutt? thanks. -- Michael Montagne [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.boora.com
Altering an attachment
I need to modify an attachment (delete a hyphen) and then reattach it to the original email and bounce it to the original recipient. The people in our office who use Outlook (which is everyone but me) need to be able to read ical attachments sent by a client. But some have a hyphen that renders them unreadable by our previuos version of Outlook. I'm hoping I can come up with a slick solution to leverage my Linux/mutt combo and route mails through my box, fix the attachment, and then send them to the original recipient, without changing the To: or From: headers. Can it be done? -- Michael Montagne [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.boora.com
Re: Altering an attachment
On 17/01/02, from the brain of Nicolas Rachinsky tumbled: On Thu, Jan 17, 2002 at 01:29:31PM -0800, Michael Montagne [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I need to modify an attachment (delete a hyphen) and then reattach it to the original email and bounce it to the original recipient. The people in our office who use Outlook (which is everyone but me) need to be able to read ical attachments sent by a client. But some have a hyphen that renders them unreadable by our previuos version of Outlook. I'm hoping I can come up with a slick solution to leverage my Linux/mutt combo and route mails through my box, fix the attachment, and then send them to the original recipient, without changing the To: or From: headers. Can it be done? I would try e, delete the hyphen, b. Nicolas Very simple with manual intervention. But how do I automate the process? Can I use procmail to route to a script, then bounce to the original recipient? If so, can someone help me with that? -- Michael Montagne [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.boora.com
Re: Controlling when new mail appears in boxes?
On 16/01/02, from the brain of Knute tumbled: On Thu, 17 Jan 2002, Cameron Simpson wrote: Well, this isn't strictly an in mutt solution, but I don't use $mailboxes to monitor email. Instead my procmail recipe runs a small shell script when delivering to particular folders, and that script writes a line to a file I'm monitoring in a small always-open xterm citing folder, author and subject. I wouldn't mind taking a look at both the script and the recipe, if you don't mind. I've been wondering how to do that. Me too, that sounds very interesting. Can you share it to the list? -- Michael Montagne [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.boora.com
Cross folder macro
I have a macro that deletes older messages in the current folder. macro index F2 T~d2w !~FenterD~Tenter Does anyone have any idea how I might apply this to all my folders with one blazingly fast keystroke? -- Michael Montagne [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.boora.com
link5
I am having trouble getting mutt to show links in the text. My footer reads ok but whatever I enter into the body of ftext doesn't show up. There should be a link above this paragraph. Perhaps out Exchange Server is filtering it out. What else could it be? -- Michael Montagne [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.boora.com
Re: link5
On 20/12/01, from the brain of Gary Johnson tumbled: header field to mutt. If you want that link to appear in the body of the message, you need to leave at least one empty line separating it Thank you my friend, you nailed that one. -- Michael Montagne [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.boora.com
cute reply messages
I've searched and searched.how do I control the default string above quoted replies? The one that says something like On 1/1/01 spectacleboy wrote: thanks -- Michael Montagne [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.boora.com
Editor colors
I know how to set colors in the pager while reading email, but where do you set colors for the editor (vim in my case)? -- Michael Montagne [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.boora.com
Asterisk in threaded view
The threaded view in that mutt offers for viewing mailing list messages is very cool. I haven't performed many modifications to the stock install. Every so often an asterisk will appear in the branch to the message subject. What is the significance of the asterisk? I looked in the manual and couldn't find it. -- Michael Montagne [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.boora.com
Re: subscribe and lists
Alright, my bad. Shift-L seems to work every time. The seeming randomness was confusing, but I was just doing it wrong. Thanks all. On Sat, Oct 27, 2001 at 02:42:04PM +0200, Michael Tatge wrote: Michael Montagne muttered: I'm familiar with the subscribe and lists commands to place the address of the mailing list in the To: header when replying to a mailing list but mine appear broken. For this list I have: subscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] And whenever I reply. the senders name appears, not the list address. What's the trick? Some lists I have work and some don't. I've included my mailinglists file which I reference with source ~/.mutt/mailinglists. subscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] Seems ok. Sure you do a list-reply bound to 'L' by default? HTH, Michael -- PGP-Key: http://www-stud.ims.uni-stuttgart.de/~tatgeml/public.key -- Michael Montagne [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.boora.com
Re: Wrapping Text
Thanks, I tried that and it only controls the display. Printing is unaffected. On Wed, Oct 24, 2001 at 10:43:44PM -0400, John P. Verel wrote: You may want to have a look at smart_wrap, item 6.3.182 in the manual (F1). John On 10/24/01, 05:51:13PM -0700, Michael Montagne wrote: When viewing a mail message, how do I reset the width of my margins so it will print properly. I use vim to write mail and that is ok but the mutt viewer for mail i receive does not control the width. I know I'm missing something. thanks -mjm -- Michael Montagne [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.boora.com -- John P. Verel Norwalk, Connecticut -- Michael Montagne [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.boora.com
Re: Wrapping Text
Yes!! Very good. But what does print_split do? It's not in my manual. On Thu, Oct 25, 2001 at 10:01:29AM -0700, Will Yardley wrote: Michael Montagne wrote: Thanks, I tried that and it only controls the display. Printing is unaffected. ahh didn't notice that part of your message. you should probably use a formatting program to print your mail. there are some discussions of this in the archives; i use: set print_cmd=enscript -Email set print_split=yes (which requires that enscript be installed). other people prefer different or more elaborate printing programs; that seems to work for my needs so i haven't messed with it much. w -- GPG Public Key: http://infinitejazz.net/will/pgp/ -- Michael Montagne [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.boora.com
Wrapping Text
When viewing a mail message, how do I reset the width of my margins so it will print properly. I use vim to write mail and that is ok but the mutt viewer for mail i receive does not control the width. I know I'm missing something. thanks -mjm -- Michael Montagne [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.boora.com
