Imap folders not listed in the sidebar

2021-04-11 Thread John Niendorf
Hi Folks, I wanted to save a message I received. So I pressed s and was asked where I wanted to save the message. I chose to create a new folder called TurboTax. My question is what do I need to do for this new folder to appear in my sidebar? In my .muttrc file I have: set

Re: HTML email?

2021-04-07 Thread John Niendorf
Thank you - where do you put the python3 script and how do you let mutt know it is there?

HTML email?

2021-04-07 Thread John Niendorf
Hi Folks, How do you all deal with HTML email? Thank you, John

IMAP Folders - Mutt Patched

2015-08-03 Thread John Niendorf
For what it's worth, I use Mutt Patched from the Ubuntu repository. It gives me a side bar that lists all of my IMAP folders. Ctrl+n moves to the next folder and Ctrl+p moves to the previous folder. I have this in my .muttrc file: # Sidebar set sidebar_width=30 set sidebar_visible=yes set

Re: IMAP Folders - Mutt Patched

2015-08-03 Thread John Niendorf
Actually no, here is a link to a scrot that is full size. 647x462 pixels https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/23115609/Selection_002.png On Mon, Aug 03, 2015 at 10:39:22AM -0700, Ian Zimmerman wrote: Doesn't this make your mutt window way wide? -- John

Re: Fwd: MAP mailbox closed with Outlook.com

2015-07-17 Thread John Niendorf
set folder=imaps://$imap_user:$imap_p...@imap-mail.outlook.com:993/ set smtp_url = smtp://$imap_user:$imap_p...@smtp-mail.outlook.com:587/ set spoolfile = +INBOX set postponed = +Drafts set record = +Sent Items set ssl_starttls = yes set imap_passive = yes set imap_keepalive = 300 set imap_idle

Re: Swedish chars in attached gpg-encrypted message fails

2015-06-21 Thread John Niendorf
On Sun, Jun 21, 2015 at 02:42:25PM +0200, jonas hedman wrote: I think I have to convince my friends to get decent email clients =) Hey, at least you have managed to get them to try and use encryption! My friends and family can't be bothered. :-( -- John

Re: showing mails with attachment in index

2015-06-09 Thread John Niendorf
Great - thank you guys! -- John

Re: showing mails with attachment in index

2015-06-09 Thread John Niendorf
Use %X in index_format to show the attachment count. You can use it conditionally to make it look better: %?X?%2X ? I use something like this: %?X?{%2X}%4c? which shows me the attachment count if there are attachments, or the message size otherwise. Perhaps I misread this,

Re: Saving all attachments

2015-06-07 Thread John Niendorf
On Sun, Jun 07, 2015 at 02:44:22PM -0400, Chris Spackman wrote: I have this in my .muttrc: macro index,pager X pipe-messageripmime -i - -d when I press X, ripmime asks for a directory and then puts all the attachments there. No need to select any attachments or confirm the saving (but you

Re: Unable to send, and certificate error

2015-05-14 Thread John Niendorf
I am no expert, but is port 25 the correct port? On 05/14/2015 03:14 PM, cipher wrote: cant send email, and when trying to send email get a certificate error [ with these settings ] set smtp_url = smtp://u...@mail.domain.com:25/ set ssl_starttls=yes [ get this ] Authenticating

Re: Unable to send, and certificate error

2015-05-14 Thread John Niendorf
On Thu, May 14, 2015 at 10:20:06AM -0400, cipher wrote: port 25 is correct, I also have 587 and 465 open on my exchange server, and all give the same error On May 14, 2015, at 9:52 AM, John Niendorf j...@jfniendorf.org wrote: I am no expert, but is port 25 the correct port? set smtp_url

Re: line wrap with editors

2014-11-18 Thread John Niendorf
I use nano which I think is the default editor in Ubuntu. I have this in my .muttrc file: set wrap=78 set smart_wrap set editor=nano -r 75 and it seems to work well. On Tue, Nov 18, 2014 at 02:12:27PM -0500, Dale wrote: seem to have line wrap problems with nano and vi(vim?) how can I fix

Re: address book?

2014-11-10 Thread John Niendorf
Check out abook in the repository. John On 10 Nov 2014, at 14:34, DaleKelly d...@dalekelly.org wrote: how can I configure/maintain an address book? -- (my whereabouts below) http://www.dalekelly.org/

Re: trying repository mutt again

2014-11-09 Thread John Niendorf
John Long raises some good points. It seems pretty haphazard the way things are now. I think I would purge Mutt and Postfix and then start over in an orderly fashion. Having said that, it appears after searching the web that many many people have trouble sending mail with a GoDaddy account.

Re: trying repository mutt again

2014-11-09 Thread John Niendorf
Interesting. I see on their support web page they say: Outgoing Port Without SSL - one of the following 25, 80, 3535 With SSL - 465 Is there a reason you do not want to use SSL? John On 11/09/2014 08:26 PM, DaleKelly wrote: On 11/09/2014 03:40 AM, John Niendorf wrote: The references I found

Re: SMTP one more time, with all the details

2014-11-08 Thread John Niendorf
Dale, I'm curious, what email provider are you using? -- John

Re: SMTP one more time, with all the details

2014-11-07 Thread John Niendorf
Dale, What happens when you put this in your .muttrc file? set smtp_url=smtps://your_email_addr...@email.server.com/465 set smtp_pass=your_password -- John

Re: pop(s),smtp(s)

2014-11-03 Thread John Niendorf
Just a note: ~/ is shorthand for /home/dale/ John On 03 Nov 2014, at 17:29, Patrick Shanahan ptilopt...@gmail.com wrote: * DaleKelly d...@dalekelly.org [11-03-14 11:23]: On 11/03/2014 04:51 AM, John Long wrote: You need to resolve this issue or you will have no idea what mutt is using

Re: pop(s),smtp(s)

2014-11-03 Thread John Niendorf
I have to ask. Dale what distro are you using? Why are you trying to install mutt from scratch when there is probably a fine version in the repository? Install from the repository and configure the .muttrc file (I would put that file in ~/) This should avoid any problems like mutt not being

Re: pop(s),smtp(s)

2014-11-02 Thread John Niendorf
Dale, For what it is worth I have this in my .muttrc file and I am able to send and receive securly to my server. set smtp_url=smtps://j...@jfniendorf.org@secure_server.com/465 -- John

Template Question

2014-11-01 Thread John Niendorf
Hello Fellow Mutters, I often have to send the same message to the same group of people. Specifically I send a note that a website has been updated. I have been doing this in Mutt using an alias that contains all of the email address the message is sent to and then hitting a key sequence to

Never mind - I should have searched first

2014-11-01 Thread John Niendorf
Sorry for the spam guys. I found the answer to my questions: Mutt also supports a ``batch'' mode to send prepared messages. Simply redirect input from the file you wish to send. For example, mutt -s data set for run #2 profes...@bigschool.edu ~/run2.dat This command will send a message to

Mutt and Exchange

2014-09-09 Thread John Niendorf
Hello Mutters, I'm using Mutt to access my personal IMAP account, but was wondering if there is a way to use Mutt to connect to my work Exchange 2010 account? I'm using Thunderbird that has an add-on that allows T-bird to connect to Exchange using the Outlook Web Access settings. Has

Saving attachments (Again)

2014-07-01 Thread John Niendorf
Hi Guys, I have a question that I'm sure has been asked before but due to a brain cramp I can't find the answer. How can I save multiple attachments to a specific folder without having to type the destination path for each attachment. Specifically, if I get an email with 20 images

Re: Saving attachments (Again) in no way guarantees a positive review, I just can't afford to keep doing this for free. I feel ten bones is not much and hopefully I'll get enough cash to keep the sit

2014-07-01 Thread John Niendorf
Type ';' or whatever you have the tag-prefix command bound to, then 's'. Mutt will prompt you for a file name, give it a directory name. When mutt asks for confirmation, type 'a' to save all attachments in the directory. Thank you for the clear concise answer! -- John

Re: Namespace with/without on dovecot server on/off and issues

2013-10-13 Thread John Niendorf
Congratulations Miroslav, Boy it sounds like you had a much more difficult time than I did. I didn't know anything about Mutt a few months ago, but I was able to download Mutt-patched from the Ubuntu repository and get it going without too much fuss. But then, I'm using Mutt to access my email

Re: Key Bindings issue

2013-09-25 Thread John Niendorf
On Wed, Sep 25, 2013 at 03:45:26PM +1000, Richard Sandilands wrote: Here's an example: in Index view, I hit ctrl-n and the status bar shows key is not bound. I hit ctrl-n again, and this time I advance to the next message as expected. I'm pretty much a mutt noob, so there is a good chance

Re: Setting message priority levels

2013-09-16 Thread John Niendorf
Thank you Kevin. I appreicate the help. On Sun, Sep 15, 2013 at 04:21:44PM -0700, Kevin J. McCarthy wrote: John Niendorf wrote: How can I add something like Low, Normal, Medium, High priority to a mail right before sending? You could, for example, add the following to your muttrc: # Set

Setting message priority levels

2013-09-15 Thread John Niendorf
I'm using Mutt 1.5.21 (Mutt patched from the Ubuntu repository) and connecting to the IMAP server that is run by my hosting company. I was wondering is there a way to set the importance out outgoing messages in Mutt, like in Outlook (Yuck, I feel so dirty even typing the name ;-) ) or I

Re: Setting message priority levels

2013-09-15 Thread John Niendorf
I found some information about setting the outgoing message priority. From: http://dev.mutt.org/trac/wiki/MuttFaq/Header I found: How can I change Message Priority for outgoing mails? How can I add something like Low, Normal, Medium, High priority to a mail right before sending? This is

Folders not in the sidebar list of folders

2013-08-05 Thread John Niendorf
Hi Guys, I am running Mutt 1.5.21 with the sidebar patch. (Mutt-patched in the Ubuntu repository) I'm using an IMAP account and all the mail is stored on the server. Today I noticed that some mail folders I made on the server are not showing up in the list of folders in the sidebar. For the

Re: Folders not in the sidebar list of folders

2013-08-05 Thread John Niendorf
On Mon, Aug 05, 2013 at 04:50:24PM +0200, Suvayu Ali wrote: I think it should be listed in mailboxes. I use mutt-kz (a mutt fork with sidebar patch applied), and that is what I have to do. Hope this helps, Yeah that is the funny thing. I don't see anywhere in my .muttrc file where I

Re: Folders not in the sidebar list of folders

2013-08-05 Thread John Niendorf
On Mon, Aug 05, 2013 at 02:24:05PM -0400, staticsafe wrote: You can also subscribe to the folder in IMAP terms and it will show up in the sidebar since you have imap_check_subscribed set to yes. [0] - http://www.lunar-linux.org/mutt-sidebar/ -- Thank you, I just realized hitting s will

Download multiple attachments at once

2013-07-26 Thread John Niendorf
Hi Mutt-folks, Today as I was saving about 20 photos I received from my sister, I thought I wonder if there is a way to save all of the images attached to an email in one swoop as opposed to hitting s for each one. How do you guys manage attachments? -- John

Re: Download multiple attachments at once

2013-07-26 Thread John Niendorf
Thanks for the really useful tip Charles. Today as I was saving about 20 photos I received from my sister, I thought I wonder if there is a way to save all of the images attached to an email in one swoop as opposed to hitting s for each one. How do you guys manage attachments? On the list of

Re: The etiquette of RTFM (Re: I have forgotten ...)

2013-06-25 Thread John Niendorf
I've been watching this thread for a while and thinking Good grief, give me a break. This is only my point of view. 1. RTFM is rude. It is usually written by people who seem to feel the need to show that they know more than someone else. 2. Having to put up with people who ask basic

Unable to view images

2013-06-14 Thread John Niendorf
Hi Guys, I'm on Ubuntu 12.04 and had to reinstall my system. I backed up my home directory prior to the reinstall and then copied everything back into home when I had finished. Mutt is almost working the way it was prior to reinstallation. Now when I try to view an attached image by pressing v

Re: Unable to view images

2013-06-14 Thread John Niendorf
:45PM +0200, John Niendorf wrote: Hi Guys, I'm on Ubuntu 12.04 and had to reinstall my system. I backed up my home directory prior to the reinstall and then copied everything back into home when I had finished. Mutt is almost working the way it was prior to reinstallation. Now when I try to view

Re: Search utilities for use with mutt - I use mairix but it's not perfect

2013-05-07 Thread John Niendorf
On Wed, May 08, 2013 at 12:21:58AM +1000, Erik Christiansen wrote: Mutt's own body search does the job for me within a mail folder, and egrep provides full Extended Regular Expressions when searching some set of my 1106 mail folders. What is egrep and how does it work? (OK I guess I could

Searching for an email by sender's address

2013-04-27 Thread John Niendorf
Hi Guys, How do you guys search for all messages from a particular sender? When I do a search, it picks up words from the subject by ignores the sender's (or recipient's) address. -- John

Re: Searching for an email by sender's address

2013-04-27 Thread John Niendorf
On Sat, Apr 27, 2013 at 03:49:48PM -0400, Tim Gray wrote: Try '~f'. So limit, then `~f name`. Thanks Tim, That seems to work pretty well. -- John

Shift key in a macro

2013-04-19 Thread John Niendorf
Hi Guys, I can't seem to find how to bind a macro with the shift key. I see that \Cb will bind the macro to Ctrl+b, but can you bind a macro to Shift+B? -- John

Re: Long urls - update

2013-04-01 Thread John Niendorf
Hi Guys, I guess I'm the slow one on the list. Is there more to the patch than commenting out # $command =~ s/%s/'$url'/g; and replacing it with $command=~s//\\/g Because either way, extract_url.pl isn't working for me. I can see the list of urls, but if I click on one I still get a page

Long urls

2013-03-30 Thread John Niendorf
I am using Mutt-patched from the Ubuntu repository (Yes, I am one of the unwashed.) Anyway, it works really well except that if a url extends to multiple lines, Mutt can't figure it out and clicking leads to a page not found error. I tried copying the url, but when I highlight the lines with

Long urls - update

2013-03-30 Thread John Niendorf
Thank you all for the tips. Actually all I did was install urlview from the repository and then when I clicked ctrl+B I got a list of ur$ I'll see how it works with urls that extend onto multiple lines the next time one comes by. John

Re: Long urls - update

2013-03-30 Thread John Niendorf
This looks really great, but where do I put the script? I made it exicutable and put it in my path and I got the error that it wasn't there. I coped it to ~/ and got the same error. John http://www.memoryhole.net/~kyle/extract_url/ Try this. It's brilliant.