old messages in mbox
Hi First of all I'd just like to say that mutt rocks... I can't live without it :) However, I'm having a little problem... It seems to be deleting messages from ~/mbox which are older than a week or so. Is it possible to turn off this behavior? I don't see anything in the documentation about it. Thanks Matt Spong [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Matt Spong || [EMAIL PROTECTED] || AIM: Spong1027 || http://www.forkbomb.net PGP signature
Re: old messages in mbox
Matt -- ...and then Matt Spong said... % Hi Hello! % % First of all I'd just like to say that mutt rocks... I can't live % without it :) I know what you mean! % % However, I'm having a little problem... It seems to be deleting messages % from ~/mbox which are older than a week or so. Is it possible to turn off % this behavior? I don't see anything in the documentation about it. Unless you (or, since you still have the bubbling enthusiasm of the newly enlightened, perhaps your SysAdmin) have done some fussing around in your muttrc file, that's not at all a mutt feature. You might check your $move_old variable to see if, every time you quit mutt, you're automatically moving old message to a secondary folder (usually ~/Mail/mbox, AKA =mbox, IIRC). You might also dig in and find how to duplicate the condition; seems to is awfully vague :-) % % Thanks % Matt Spong % [EMAIL PROTECTED] % % -- % Matt Spong || [EMAIL PROTECTED] || AIM: Spong1027 || http://www.forkbomb.net :-D -- David T-G * It's easier to fight for one's principles (play) [EMAIL PROTECTED] * than to live up to them. -- fortune cookie (work) [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.justpickone.org/davidtg/Shpx gur Pbzzhavpngvbaf Qrprapl Npg! PGP signature
Re: old messages in mbox
Matt -- ...and then Matt Spong said... % Hi Hello! % % Unless you (or, since you still have the bubbling enthusiasm of the newly % enlightened, % % Nope... been using mutt for 2 years now. :) Hokay, you're simply bubbly like I am :-) % % perhaps your SysAdmin) have done some fussing around in your % muttrc file, that's not at all a mutt feature. % % Yeah, I didn't think it was supposed to do that. Right. % % I don't see anything in my muttrc that would cause this, but maybe you % can take a look? It's at http://forkbomb.net/stuff/muttrc Lessee... Nope; short and sweet, and nothing scary looking. % % Also, I admin my own boxes, and don't have a system-wide muttrc Good enough. % % You might check your $move_old variable to see if, every time you quit % mutt, you're automatically moving old message to a secondary folder % (usually ~/Mail/mbox, AKA =mbox, IIRC). % % When I switch to a different mailbox or quit, it asks me if I want to % move messages to ~/mbox. And do you say yes or no? I see from your muttrc that your inbox is in /var/spool, so there shouldn't be any confusion there... % % You might also dig in and find % how to duplicate the condition; seems to is awfully vague :-) % % Will do, and I'll let you know if I manage to reproduce it. That's always a good start :-) % % thanks % Matt % % -- % Matt Spong || [EMAIL PROTECTED] || AIM: Spong1027 || http://www.forkbomb.net HTH HAND :-D -- David T-G * It's easier to fight for one's principles (play) [EMAIL PROTECTED] * than to live up to them. -- fortune cookie (work) [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.justpickone.org/davidtg/Shpx gur Pbzzhavpngvbaf Qrprapl Npg! PGP signature
Re: old messages in mbox
% Nope... been using mutt for 2 years now. :) Hokay, you're simply bubbly like I am :-) Yep :) Nope; short and sweet, and nothing scary looking. Hrm. :\ % When I switch to a different mailbox or quit, it asks me if I want to % move messages to ~/mbox. And do you say yes or no? Depends... I usually say no for a day or two, since there's usually mail that I've been putting off responding to (and if I move it to mbox I'll forget about it), but once I've gone through all my mail I say yes. thanks Matt -- Matt Spong || [EMAIL PROTECTED] || AIM: Spong1027 || http://www.forkbomb.net PGP signature
