Re: How to use Mutt?

2008-01-25 Thread Chris Bannister
On Wed, Jan 23, 2008 at 02:57:47AM +, Stephen Allen wrote: On Tue, Jan 22, 2008 at 07:37:22PM -0500, Allan Wind wrote: On 2008-01-23T13:33:57+1300, Chris Bannister wrote: Can you tell it to use any editor, say vim, or does it still use pico? $ mutt F1 /editorenter I think the

Re: How to use Mutt?

2008-01-23 Thread Patter
On Tue, 22 Jan 2008 19:20:21 +0100, Dan H wrote: Hmmm... I tried that, hoping that this would get me nearer the infamous mutt. Hey, great, there's even an IMAP section! You can put in everything... username, password, authentication methods... except an IMAP server. I mean, c'mon. From mine

Re: How to use Mutt?

2008-01-22 Thread Pantor
Ron Johnson wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 01/19/08 16:37, Pantor wrote: Ron Johnson wrote: On 01/19/08 09:32, Michael D. Norwick wrote: Pantor wrote: Ron Johnson wrote: On 01/19/08 13:04, Osamu Aoki wrote: On Sat, Jan 19, 2008 at 06:47:49PM +, Pantor wrote:

Re: How to use Mutt?

2008-01-22 Thread David Purton
On Tue, Jan 22, 2008 at 11:41:38AM +, Pantor wrote: It is correct. Because Mutt is written not for humans. To configure Mutt for use it is the same as configure mechanical typing machine through USB connection for use instead for a keyboard. Oh it's not that bad! For the OP: I use and

Re: How to use Mutt?

2008-01-22 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 01/22/08 05:41, Pantor wrote: [snip] It is correct. Because Mutt is written not for humans. To configure Mutt for use it is the same as configure mechanical typing machine through USB connection for use instead for a keyboard. That's why I only

Re: How to use Mutt?

2008-01-22 Thread Patter
On Tue, 22 Jan 2008 14:10:21 +0100, Ron Johnson wrote: On 01/22/08 05:41, Pantor wrote: [snip] It is correct. Because Mutt is written not for humans. To configure Mutt for use it is the same as configure mechanical typing machine through USB connection for use instead for a keyboard.

Re: How to use Mutt?

2008-01-22 Thread Vincent Lefevre
On 2008-01-22 11:41:38 +, Pantor wrote: It is correct. Because Mutt is written not for humans. To configure Mutt for use it is the same as configure mechanical typing machine through USB connection for use instead for a keyboard. Mutt's configuration is not that bad: very powerful and

Re: How to use Mutt?

2008-01-22 Thread Dan H
On Tue, 22 Jan 2008 14:41:21 + Patter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Oh mutt's good, you can just configure it to do everything under the sun so a muttrc builder such as http://www.muttrcbuilder.org/ can put a lot of good setting in to start from. Hmmm... I tried that, hoping that this would

Re: How to use Mutt?

2008-01-22 Thread Tzafrir Cohen
On Tue, Jan 22, 2008 at 07:09:55PM +0100, Dan H wrote: On Tue, 22 Jan 2008 14:41:21 + Patter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Oh mutt's good, you can just configure it to do everything under the sun so a muttrc builder such as http://www.muttrcbuilder.org/ can put a lot of good setting in to

Re: How to use Mutt?

2008-01-22 Thread Dan H
On Tue, 22 Jan 2008 18:24:54 + Tzafrir Cohen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Put there password=yeah_like_i_am_gonna_tell_you and later replace that in the generated file. Anyway, who needs passwords? Yeah, that's what I'd have done, but still I don't know where to enter my IMAP server. In

Re: How to use Mutt?

2008-01-22 Thread Florian Kulzer
On Tue, Jan 22, 2008 at 19:09:55 +0100, Dan H wrote: On Tue, 22 Jan 2008 14:41:21 + Patter wrote: Oh mutt's good, you can just configure it to do everything under the sun so a muttrc builder such as http://www.muttrcbuilder.org/ can put a lot of good setting in to start from.

Re: How to use Mutt?

2008-01-22 Thread Allan Wind
On 2008-01-22T20:15:55+0100, Dan H wrote: In general I'm a big fan of programs that can only configured through read-only dotfiles but I think mutt is clearly over my head here. As much as I'd prefer a console email client (but I didn't like pine much). $ mutt F1 /imapserverenter 4th hit on

Re: How to use Mutt?

2008-01-22 Thread Allan Wind
On 2008-01-23T13:33:57+1300, Chris Bannister wrote: Can you tell it to use any editor, say vim, or does it still use pico? $ mutt F1 /editorenter /Allan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: How to use Mutt?

2008-01-22 Thread Chris Bannister
On Sun, Jan 20, 2008 at 04:43:22AM -0500, Justin Piszcz wrote: I tried swtching over to Mutt, yet having used (pine) for more than a decade, I cannot find myself to migrate, now that pine is dead, I have switched to alpine and cannot get enough of it! Can you tell it to use any editor, say

Re: How to use Mutt?

2008-01-22 Thread Paul Johnson
On Jan 22, 2008 3:41 AM, Pantor [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: To configure Mutt for use it is the same as configure mechanical typing machine through USB connection for use instead for a keyboard. Hyperbole much? /etc/termcap is a regular pain to get things set up right; mutt is practically a

Re: How to use Mutt?

2008-01-22 Thread Chris Bannister
On Sat, Jan 19, 2008 at 09:10:05PM +, Pantor wrote: Right, .muttrc is ready. What's now? Is it? Then what is the trouble. Are you getting your mail from an ISP? What are you using for that? AIUI icedove has all this built-in when you click get mail. Mutt does not[1]. You need to use either

Re: How to use Mutt?

2008-01-22 Thread Stephen Allen
On Tue, Jan 22, 2008 at 07:37:22PM -0500, Allan Wind wrote: On 2008-01-23T13:33:57+1300, Chris Bannister wrote: Can you tell it to use any editor, say vim, or does it still use pico? $ mutt F1 /editorenter I think the question was regarding Alpine. -- Regards, S.D.Allen - Toronto --

Re: How to use Mutt?

2008-01-22 Thread Dan H
On Wed, 23 Jan 2008 13:33:57 +1300 Chris Bannister [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Can you tell it to use any editor, say vim, or does it still use pico? Any editor. --D. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: How to use Mutt?

2008-01-20 Thread Justin Piszcz
On Sat, 19 Jan 2008, Douglas A. Tutty wrote: On Sat, Jan 19, 2008 at 03:54:32PM -0800, Roger B.A. Klorese wrote: Pantor wrote: ---Mutt: (no mailbox) [Msgs:0]---(date/date)-%gt;-(all)--- No mailbox is open. Why it is? Because you have it configured to look for mail in a different place

Re: How to use Mutt?

2008-01-20 Thread Joe
On 04:43 Sun 20 Jan , Justin Piszcz wrote: I tried swtching over to Mutt, yet having used (pine) for more than a decade, I cannot find myself to migrate, now that pine is dead, I have switched to alpine and cannot get enough of it! Justin. I used GUI MUAs for years; Eudora, Claws etc.

How to use Mutt?

2008-01-19 Thread Pantor
Lads, would you be able to advice, please, how to use idiotcal program Mutt? For example, how to configure mail account settings? Maybe Mutt does'nt worth to use at all? Thank you. Regards, Andrius -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble?

Re: How to use Mutt?

2008-01-19 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 01/19/08 12:47, Pantor wrote: Lads, would you be able to advice, please, how to use idiotcal program Mutt? For example, how to configure mail account settings? Maybe Mutt does'nt worth to use at all? Before we answer, tell us how much you've

Re: How to use Mutt?

2008-01-19 Thread Pantor
Ron Johnson wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 01/19/08 12:47, Pantor wrote: Lads, would you be able to advice, please, how to use idiotcal program Mutt? For example, how to configure mail account settings? Maybe Mutt does'nt worth to use at all? Before we answer, tell

Re: How to use Mutt?

2008-01-19 Thread Gerard Robin
On Sat, Jan 19, 2008 at 06:47:49PM +, Pantor wrote: From: Pantor [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Debian user list debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: How to use Mutt? X-Spam-Virus: No X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.3 (2007-08-08) on liszt.debian.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score

Re: How to use Mutt?

2008-01-19 Thread Osamu Aoki
On Sat, Jan 19, 2008 at 06:47:49PM +, Pantor wrote: Lads, would you be able to advice, please, how to use idiotcal program Mutt? I do not know if you are serious. See man mutt and man muttrc as starter. Read http://www.mutt.org/ For example, how to configure mail account settings? vim

Re: How to use Mutt?

2008-01-19 Thread Pantor
Ron Johnson wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 01/19/08 13:03, Pantor wrote: Ron Johnson wrote: On 01/19/08 12:47, Pantor wrote: Lads, would you be able to advice, please, how to use idiotcal program Mutt? For example, how to configure mail account settings? Maybe Mutt

Re: How to use Mutt?

2008-01-19 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 01/19/08 13:04, Osamu Aoki wrote: On Sat, Jan 19, 2008 at 06:47:49PM +, Pantor wrote: [snip] Maybe Mutt does'nt worth to use at all? I hope not ... Especially for those times when you are rudely reminded why Sid is Unstable, and you are

Re: How to use Mutt?

2008-01-19 Thread Pantor
Ron Johnson wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 01/19/08 13:04, Osamu Aoki wrote: On Sat, Jan 19, 2008 at 06:47:49PM +, Pantor wrote: [snip] Maybe Mutt does'nt worth to use at all? I hope not ... Especially for those times when you are rudely reminded why Sid is

Re: How to use Mutt?

2008-01-19 Thread Michael D. Norwick
Pantor wrote: Ron Johnson wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 01/19/08 13:04, Osamu Aoki wrote: On Sat, Jan 19, 2008 at 06:47:49PM +, Pantor wrote: [snip] Maybe Mutt does'nt worth to use at all? I hope not ... Especially for those times when you are rudely

Re: How to use Mutt?

2008-01-19 Thread Chris
On Sat, 19 Jan 2008 15:32:21 + Michael D. Norwick [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Pantor wrote: Ron Johnson wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 01/19/08 13:04, Osamu Aoki wrote: On Sat, Jan 19, 2008 at 06:47:49PM +, Pantor wrote: [snip] Maybe Mutt does'nt

Re: How to use Mutt?

2008-01-19 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 01/19/08 09:32, Michael D. Norwick wrote: Pantor wrote: Ron Johnson wrote: On 01/19/08 13:04, Osamu Aoki wrote: On Sat, Jan 19, 2008 at 06:47:49PM +, Pantor wrote: [snip] Maybe Mutt does'nt worth to use at all? I hope not ...

Re: How to use Mutt?

2008-01-19 Thread Pantor
Ron Johnson wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 01/19/08 09:32, Michael D. Norwick wrote: Pantor wrote: Ron Johnson wrote: On 01/19/08 13:04, Osamu Aoki wrote: On Sat, Jan 19, 2008 at 06:47:49PM +, Pantor wrote: [snip] Maybe Mutt does'nt worth to use at all? I

Re: How to use Mutt?

2008-01-19 Thread Pantor
Gerard Robin wrote: On Sat, Jan 19, 2008 at 06:47:49PM +, Pantor wrote: From: Pantor [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Debian user list debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: How to use Mutt? X-Spam-Virus: No X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.3 (2007-08-08) on liszt.debian.org X-Spam-Level: X

Re: How to use Mutt?

2008-01-19 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 01/19/08 16:37, Pantor wrote: Ron Johnson wrote: On 01/19/08 09:32, Michael D. Norwick wrote: Pantor wrote: Ron Johnson wrote: On 01/19/08 13:04, Osamu Aoki wrote: On Sat, Jan 19, 2008 at 06:47:49PM +, Pantor wrote: [snip] Maybe Mutt

Re: How to use Mutt?

2008-01-19 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 01/19/08 17:25, Pantor wrote: Gerard Robin wrote: [snip] Mutt is an excellent MUA. (Mail User Agent) If mutt is installed on your box go to: /usr/share/doc/mutt/exemples to see examples of files .muttrc (the file of configuration of mutt) To

Re: How to use Mutt?

2008-01-19 Thread Roger B.A. Klorese
Pantor wrote: ---Mutt: (no mailbox) [Msgs:0]---(date/date)-%gt;-(all)--- No mailbox is open. Why it is? Because you have it configured to look for mail in a different place from where you have your MTA configured to put incoming mail. Fix it. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL

Re: How to use Mutt?

2008-01-19 Thread Pantor
Ron Johnson wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 01/19/08 17:25, Pantor wrote: Gerard Robin wrote: [snip] Mutt is an excellent MUA. (Mail User Agent) If mutt is installed on your box go to: /usr/share/doc/mutt/exemples to see examples of files .muttrc (the file of

Re: How to use Mutt?

2008-01-19 Thread Chris
On Sat, 19 Jan 2008 23:56:57 + Pantor [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ron Johnson wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 01/19/08 17:25, Pantor wrote: Gerard Robin wrote: [snip] Mutt is an excellent MUA. (Mail User Agent) If mutt is installed on your box go to:

Re: How to use Mutt?

2008-01-19 Thread Pantor
Chris wrote: On Sat, 19 Jan 2008 23:56:57 + Pantor [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ron Johnson wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 01/19/08 17:25, Pantor wrote: Gerard Robin wrote: [snip] Mutt is an excellent MUA. (Mail User Agent) If mutt is installed on your box go to:

Re: How to use Mutt?

2008-01-19 Thread Vincent Lefevre
On 2008-01-19 23:56:57 +, Pantor wrote: Ron Johnson wrote: Because it doesn't know where your email is. You need to tell it. And how to do that? 3.274. spoolfile Type: path Default: If your spool mailbox is in a non-default place where Mutt cannot find it, you can specify

Re: How to use Mutt?

2008-01-19 Thread Steve Kemp
On Sat Jan 19, 2008 at 15:32:21 +, Michael D. Norwick wrote: Sometimes some things are just too hard to explain. Such as the correct way to trim extraneous content from mails before replying? Yes I agree. Steve -- # Commercial Debian GNU/Linux Support

Re: How to use Mutt?

2008-01-19 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
On Sat, Jan 19, 2008 at 03:54:32PM -0800, Roger B.A. Klorese wrote: Pantor wrote: ---Mutt: (no mailbox) [Msgs:0]---(date/date)-%gt;-(all)--- No mailbox is open. Why it is? Because you have it configured to look for mail in a different place from where you have your MTA configured to put

Re: How to use Mutt?

2008-01-19 Thread Michael D. Norwick
Steve Kemp wrote: On Sat Jan 19, 2008 at 15:32:21 +, Michael D. Norwick wrote: Sometimes some things are just too hard to explain. Such as the correct way to trim extraneous content from mails before replying? Yes I agree. Steve Ouch! Wasn't there just some long drawn