Re: New to Mutt, unable to send messages in *any* attempted way

2022-05-24 Thread raf
On Fri, May 20, 2022 at 05:54:55PM +1000, raf wrote: > I'm sending a patch that adds an error check for shell > meta-characters when $sendmail is used. It might have been > better to check right after reading .muttrc, but this seemed > like a more natural place to put the code (i.e., right after

Re: New to Mutt, unable to send messages in *any* attempted way

2022-05-20 Thread raf
On Fri, May 20, 2022 at 04:20:55PM +1000, raf wrote: > On Thu, May 19, 2022 at 12:05:59PM -0700, "Kevin J. McCarthy" > wrote: > > > On Thu, May 19, 2022 at 01:12:31PM -0500, Derek Martin wrote: > > > On Thu, May 19, 2022 at 11:06:38AM -0700, Kevin J. McCarthy wrote: > > > > Sorry, this isn't

Re: New to Mutt, unable to send messages in *any* attempted way

2022-05-20 Thread raf
On Thu, May 19, 2022 at 12:05:59PM -0700, "Kevin J. McCarthy" wrote: > On Thu, May 19, 2022 at 01:12:31PM -0500, Derek Martin wrote: > > On Thu, May 19, 2022 at 11:06:38AM -0700, Kevin J. McCarthy wrote: > > > Sorry, this isn't currently possible in Mutt. The $sendmail variable is > > >

Re: New to Mutt, unable to send messages in *any* attempted way

2022-05-19 Thread Kevin J. McCarthy
On Thu, May 19, 2022 at 05:47:06PM -0500, X Tec wrote: Do you think this could be modified in Mutt's source? As in, kind of a Github-like ticket/issue petition to make it work with arguments with spaces... I try asking because you make it sound as if there were doubts regarding why this is

Re: New to Mutt, unable to send messages in *any* attempted way

2022-05-19 Thread X Tec
On 2022-05-19 12:05:59, Kevin J. McCarthy wrote: > On Thu, May 19, 2022 at 01:12:31PM -0500, Derek Martin wrote: > > On Thu, May 19, 2022 at 11:06:38AM -0700, Kevin J. McCarthy wrote: > > > Sorry, this isn't currently possible in Mutt. The $sendmail variable is > > > handled specially: it's

Re: New to Mutt, unable to send messages in *any* attempted way

2022-05-19 Thread Kevin J. McCarthy
On Thu, May 19, 2022 at 01:12:31PM -0500, Derek Martin wrote: On Thu, May 19, 2022 at 11:06:38AM -0700, Kevin J. McCarthy wrote: Sorry, this isn't currently possible in Mutt. The $sendmail variable is handled specially: it's tokenized by space and invoked directly via execvp(). So you won't

Re: New to Mutt, unable to send messages in *any* attempted way

2022-05-19 Thread Derek Martin
On Thu, May 19, 2022 at 11:06:38AM -0700, Kevin J. McCarthy wrote: > On Thu, May 19, 2022 at 12:36:39PM -0500, X Tec wrote: > > set sendmail="/usr/bin/msmtp [...] --passwordeval=$(gpg --no-tty -q -d > > ~/.user.gpg)" [...] > > Hope someone else could give other advise, or if this is really not >

Re: New to Mutt, unable to send messages in *any* attempted way

2022-05-19 Thread Kevin J. McCarthy
On Thu, May 19, 2022 at 12:36:39PM -0500, X Tec wrote: But this specific part I'm having trouble with seems to be *not* from Bash or system's shell, but from Mutt *itself*; as in, Mutt's own "local shell" or configuration syntax (not sure how to call it...). Nevertheless, I tried your advise,

Re: New to Mutt, unable to send messages in *any* attempted way

2022-05-19 Thread X Tec
On 2022-05-19 00:25:32, Jon LaBadie wrote: > So I have NO IDEA IF IT WILL WORK, but you might try: > > set sendmail="/usr/bin/msmtp [...] --passwordeval=$(gpg --no-tty -q -d > ~/.user.gpg)" > Thanks very much for your advise. Actually I had already read about all the Bash stuff (and also other

Re: New to Mutt, unable to send messages in *any* attempted way

2022-05-18 Thread X Tec
Parting from this: > printf "%b\n" "$msg" | mutt -s "Test message" -e 'set > my_user="u...@domain.tld"; set my_url="smtp.domain.tld"; set record=""; set > from="Send User<$my_user>"; set envelope_from=yes; set > sendmail="/path/to/msmtp --port=587 --tls=on --host=$my_url --auth=on >

Re: New to Mutt, unable to send messages in *any* attempted way

2022-05-12 Thread Sam Kuper
On Wed, May 11, 2022 at 09:51:28PM +0100, Sam Kuper wrote: > Once you know your shell's quoting syntax, you will see that you can > probably achieve your goal in any of several different ways. Which to > use is a matter of taste. > > E.g. > > '/home/.user.gpg' > > vs > >

Re: New to Mutt, unable to send messages in *any* attempted way

2022-05-11 Thread Sam Kuper
On Wed, May 11, 2022 at 10:54:19AM -0500, X Tec wrote: > Managed to briefly test in a more updated rig with Mutt 2.2.4 and > Msmtp 1.8.11. Good job. I'm in haste, so am skipping over the msmtp password oddness. Maybe another list subscriber will take that up. > The passwordeval with gpg

Re: New to Mutt, unable to send messages in *any* attempted way

2022-05-11 Thread X Tec
Managed to briefly test in a more updated rig with Mutt 2.2.4 and Msmtp 1.8.11. On Tue, May 10, 2022 at 07:25:02AM +, Sam Kuper wrote: > Consider adding ` --` (without backticks) to the end of the > sendmail string in your example above. > printf "%b\n" "$msg" | mutt -s "Test message" -e

Re: New to Mutt, unable to send messages in *any* attempted way

2022-05-10 Thread Cameron Simpson
On 10May2022 07:25, Sam Kuper wrote: >On Mon, May 09, 2022 at 11:01:20PM -0500, x...@trimaso.com.mx wrote: >> ---To respond a received email in Mutt pager I hit 'r', and all the >> rest. I only change the destination email address, and eventually >> send. But even after successfully sent, the

Re: New to Mutt, unable to send messages in *any* attempted way

2022-05-10 Thread Sam Kuper
On Mon, May 09, 2022 at 11:01:20PM -0500, x...@trimaso.com.mx wrote: > [...] In the end, I chose to begin with Msmtp instead of Postfix... > Why? Because after just installation, I realized that Postfix is kind > of "overkill" if just wanting to send: it's designed as a full-blown > server for

Re: New to Mutt, unable to send messages in *any* attempted way

2022-05-09 Thread xtec
Sorry for late answering... On Sun, May 08, 2022 at 04:25:05PM +1000, Cameron Simpson wrote: You're failing in this because you have $smtp_url defined. Comment out it and the other $smtp* variables. When you send with $sendmail (the local system's mail system, postfix for you) the smtp

Re: New to Mutt, unable to send messages in *any* attempted way

2022-05-08 Thread Cameron Simpson
On 07May2022 11:11, X Tec wrote: >On 2022-05-07 08:45:35, Cameron Simpson wrote: >> Probably not? If you've been debugging the $smtp* variables (in >> particular, having to debug the password) then it sounds like mutt is >> actually sending directly with SMTP and _not_ using the local postfix. >>

Re: New to Mutt, unable to send messages in *any* attempted way

2022-05-07 Thread Kevin J. McCarthy
On Sat, May 07, 2022 at 11:11:35AM -0500, X Tec wrote: By the way, in Mutt default pager for reading emails, your words between underscores '_' (_not_, _may_, etc...) are not being displayed... Why? Possibly your color settings, or the color settings shipped with your packaged version of

Re: New to Mutt, unable to send messages in *any* attempted way

2022-05-07 Thread Sam Kuper
Hi X Tec, Not sure if you have read this web page? https://gitlab.com/muttmua/mutt/-/wikis/MailConcept You may find life simpler if, following the advice there, you apply the concept of "separation of concerns". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Separation_of_concerns In other words: - use an

Re: New to Mutt, unable to send messages in *any* attempted way

2022-05-07 Thread X Tec
, > >(1.1K)- change to something different and smaller -( 6)- when hitting > >enter to display the message? > > They don't for me. Are you sure you're not confusing the index lines > (one per message, specified by $index_format) with the header shown > above a specifi

Re: New to Mutt, unable to send messages in *any* attempted way

2022-05-06 Thread Cameron Simpson
On 06May2022 12:28, x...@trimaso.com.mx wrote: >Thanks again. > >As mentioned in first message, system has Postfix by default, with its >corresponding /usr/sbin/sendmail and /etc/postfix/main.cf . >Since I don't have anything for $sendmail variable, it's defaulting >indeed for Postix sendmail.

Re: New to Mutt, unable to send messages in *any* attempted way

2022-05-06 Thread xtec
Thanks again. As mentioned in first message, system has Postfix by default, with its corresponding /usr/sbin/sendmail and /etc/postfix/main.cf . Since I don't have anything for $sendmail variable, it's defaulting indeed for Postix sendmail. On Thu, May 05, 2022 at 19:19:45 -0500, Cameron

Re: New to Mutt, unable to send messages in *any* attempted way

2022-05-05 Thread Nathan Stratton Treadway
On Thu, May 05, 2022 at 15:11:48 -0500, x...@trimaso.com.mx wrote: > I didn't mean email provider, but ISP internet service I'm connected to. > And did test again: I connected to an internet network, did not specify > port in smtp_url, tried send email, and got: > Could not connect to

Re: New to Mutt, unable to send messages in *any* attempted way

2022-05-05 Thread Cameron Simpson
On 05May2022 15:11, x...@trimaso.com.mx wrote: >On Thu, May 05, 2022 at 12:07:44PM -0500, Kevin J. McCarthy wrote: >>1) On the command line, the shell will expand shell variables inside >>double quoted strings, before Mutt even sees it. [...] >First: had to delete/rename ~/.muttrc, because some

Re: New to Mutt, unable to send messages in *any* attempted way

2022-05-05 Thread Sam Kuper
On Thu, May 05, 2022 at 03:11:48PM -0500, x...@trimaso.com.mx wrote: > On Thu, May 05, 2022 at 12:07:44PM -0500, Kevin J. McCarthy wrote: >> 1) On the command line, the shell will expand shell variables inside >> double quoted strings, before Mutt even sees it. >> >> So in the part "set

Re: New to Mutt, unable to send messages in *any* attempted way

2022-05-05 Thread xtec
On Thu, May 05, 2022 at 12:07:44PM -0500, Kevin J. McCarthy wrote: 1) On the command line, the shell will expand shell variables inside double quoted strings, before Mutt even sees it. So in the part "set smtp_url=smtp://$my_user@$my_url" Mutt is probably only seeing "set smtp_url=smtp://@",

Re: New to Mutt, unable to send messages in *any* attempted way

2022-05-05 Thread Kevin J. McCarthy
nsider using the 'source' command and putting the configs into a file. 2) You most likely *do* want to set a port number in $smtp_url, as you've done below, e.g. smtp://xxx:587 or smtps://xxx:465. [Since you're new to Mutt, I'll also gently remind to please reply to the mailing list, not t

Re: New to Mutt, unable to send messages in *any* attempted way

2022-05-05 Thread Sam Kuper
On Thu, May 05, 2022 at 11:24:36AM -0500, x...@trimaso.com.mx wrote: > *Beforehand*, if you'll answer just with questions without advise, or > mock, just ban me better. I do have questions, but these are to help understand what might be going wrong. > printf "%b\n" "$msg" | mutt -s "Test

New to Mutt, unable to send messages in *any* attempted way

2022-05-05 Thread xtec
Hello. I already tried every way I could imagine to debug my problem, and simply no dice; thus trying to post everything here as last resort. Using Mutt 1.10.1 (cannot update for now; please don't ask why) Using Postfix /usr/sbin/sendmail ($sendmail variable is empty) Remote mail server

Re: i am new to mutt

2012-09-16 Thread arele
El 10/09/12 21:52, Gerard ROBIN escribió: On Mon, Sep 10, 2012 at 10:21:24PM +0300, Klearchos-Angelos Gkountras wrote: Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2012 22:21:24 +0300 From: Klearchos-Angelos Gkountras kleag...@gmail.com To: mutt-users@mutt.org Subject: i am new to mutt User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09

i am new to mutt

2012-09-10 Thread Klearchos-Angelos Gkountras
hi , I am new user of mutt . is there somewhere a documnetantion of using mutt ; I mean about the keys of a good pdf and etc ? Also I like the way of mutt cuz it *is* simple and I make my job in very fast ! Thank you for your time and assistance :) -- Klearchos-Angelos Gkountras http

Re: i am new to mutt

2012-09-10 Thread Gerard ROBIN
On Mon, Sep 10, 2012 at 10:21:24PM +0300, Klearchos-Angelos Gkountras wrote: Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2012 22:21:24 +0300 From: Klearchos-Angelos Gkountras kleag...@gmail.com To: mutt-users@mutt.org Subject: i am new to mutt User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) hi , I am new user of mutt

Re: i am new to mutt

2012-09-10 Thread Leo Vegoda
Hi Klearchos-Angelos, On Mon, Sep 10, 2012 at 10:21:24PM +0300, Klearchos-Angelos Gkountras wrote: hi , I am new user of mutt . is there somewhere a documnetantion of using mutt ; I mean about the keys of a good pdf and etc ? Also I like the way of mutt cuz it *is* simple and I make my job

Re: message index: new mail, mutt doesn't open right folder

2008-02-19 Thread Steve S
On Mon, Feb 18, 2008 at 11:33:07AM +0100, Steve S wrote: Suppose I have three mailboxes mailboxes +foo +bar +stuff and mutt is open all the time. The last mailbox I visited is foo/. Now mail arrives for all three boxes. I'm in the message index and navigate to bar/, press Return to

message index: new mail, mutt doesn't open right folder

2008-02-18 Thread Steve S
Hi Me again. I start liking mutt more and more as I use it every day. However, I discovered one issue which I just can't understand. Suppose I have three mailboxes mailboxes +foo +bar +stuff and mutt is open all the time. The last mailbox I visited is foo/. Now mail arrives for all three

Re: message index: new mail, mutt doesn't open right folder

2008-02-18 Thread Vladimir Marek
mailboxes +foo +bar +stuff and mutt is open all the time. The last mailbox I visited is foo/. Now mail arrives for all three boxes. I'm in the message index and navigate to bar/, press Return to enter the mailbox. But instead of opening bar/, I'm ending up in foo/, i.e. the box which

Re: message index: new mail, mutt doesn't open right folder

2008-02-18 Thread Michael Kjorling
On 18 Feb 2008 11:33 +0100, by [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Steve S): and mutt is open all the time. The last mailbox I visited is foo/. Now mail arrives for all three boxes. I'm in the message index and navigate to bar/, press Return to enter the mailbox. But instead of opening bar/, I'm ending up in

Re: message index: new mail, mutt doesn't open right folder

2008-02-18 Thread Steve S
On Mon, Feb 18, 2008 at 02:18:12PM +0100, Vladimir Marek wrote: mailboxes +foo +bar +stuff and mutt is open all the time. The last mailbox I visited is foo/. Now mail arrives for all three boxes. I'm in the message index and navigate to bar/, press Return to enter the mailbox. But

Re: message index: new mail, mutt doesn't open right folder

2008-02-18 Thread Steve S
On Mon, Feb 18, 2008 at 01:39:13PM +, Michael Kjorling wrote: On 18 Feb 2008 11:33 +0100, by [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Steve S): and mutt is open all the time. The last mailbox I visited is foo/. Now mail arrives for all three boxes. I'm in the message index and navigate to bar/, press Return

Re: New to Mutt

2002-03-11 Thread David T-G
Richard -- ...and then Busby, Richard said... % % I have a RH 7.2 box and am interested in using Mutt. I have it installed, Yay! % but I can't seem to get it to do anything - yet.. I have looked at the man Fair enough. % page but that really doesn't seem to help me. Can anyone direct me

Re: New to Mutt - Sven's Setup Page

2002-03-11 Thread Sven Guckes
* Busby, Richard [EMAIL PROTECTED] [020309 12:23]: I have a RH 7.2 box and am interested in using Mutt. I have it installed, but I can't seem to get it to do anything - yet.. I have looked at the man page but that really doesn't seem to help me. Can anyone direct me to a good new user

New to Mutt

2002-03-09 Thread Busby, Richard
I have a RH 7.2 box and am interested in using Mutt. I have it installed, but I can't seem to get it to do anything - yet.. I have looked at the man page but that really doesn't seem to help me. Can anyone direct me to a good new user location? Thanx

Re: New to Mutt

2002-03-09 Thread Dominik Mierzejewski
On Saturday, 09 March 2002, Busby, Richard wrote: I have a RH 7.2 box and am interested in using Mutt. I have it installed, but I can't seem to get it to do anything - yet.. I have looked at the man page but that really doesn't seem to help me. Can anyone direct me to a good new user

Re: New to Mutt

2002-03-09 Thread Michael Wagner
On Fri, Mar 08, 2002 at 03:39:57PM -0800, Busby, Richard wrote: I have a RH 7.2 box and am interested in using Mutt. I have it installed, but I can't seem to get it to do anything - yet.. I have looked at the man page but that really doesn't seem to help me. Can anyone direct me to a good

new to mutt, very new, one question for now

2000-01-20 Thread Jason Helfman
I love this program. I am using the .muttrc with some tweaks that I found off the mutt.org page, I have procmail and fetchmail working lovely, but everytime I send a msg, Mutt wants to create a mailbox for it. Am I able to get around this feature, or is this an imbedded feature of the program

Re: new to mutt, very new, one question for now

2000-01-20 Thread Jeff Abrahamson
On Thu, Jan 20, 2000 at 11:04:36AM -0600, Jason Helfman wrote: I love this program. I am using the .muttrc with some tweaks that I found off the mutt.org page, I have procmail and fetchmail working lovely, but everytime I send a msg, Mutt wants to create a mailbox for it. Am I able to get