Qs from new user

2001-12-21 Thread chris . edgington
I'm a new mutt user from Outlook land. I've been using Outlook for the past four years. I'm doing some linux driver work now, and I'm sick of worrying about and dealing with potential Outlook related viruses (and I hate using the mouse for anything), so I decided to switch to text-based email.

Re: Qs from new user

2001-12-21 Thread Ken Weingold
On Fri, Dec 21, 2001, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm a new mutt user from Outlook land. I've been using Outlook for the past four years. I'm doing some linux driver work now, and I'm sick of worrying about and dealing with potential Outlook related viruses (and I hate using the mouse for

Re: Qs from new user

2001-12-21 Thread chris . edgington
All of these are answered in the manual -- if you know where to look :-) Be pretty generous with your search terms and you'll usually find what you need. Thanks for the prompt response. Actually, I read the entire manual, and the FAQ, and looked at quite a few sample .muttrc files. I just

Re: Qs from new user

2001-12-21 Thread Thomas Hurst
* [EMAIL PROTECTED] ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: When I started using mutt, I just accepted the default mail folder type. But, I like the idea of these new formats that keep the messages in independent files. How can I make mutt create a new folder using the MH or Maildir formats? (Currently

Re: Qs from new user

2001-12-21 Thread Will Yardley
Thomas Hurst wrote: * [EMAIL PROTECTED] ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: I don't know if sendmail supports either directly, but a MDA like procmail or maildrop would let you set it at system or user level easily while giving you filtering functionality. Personally I still prefer mbox, but

Re: Qs from new user

2001-12-21 Thread David T-G
Chris -- ...and then [EMAIL PROTECTED] said... % % All of these are answered in the manual -- if you know where to look :-) % Be pretty generous with your search terms and you'll usually find what % you need. % % Thanks for the prompt response. Actually, I read the entire manual, and