Re: Questions from a newbie

2014-02-14 Thread Will Yardley
On Fri, Feb 14, 2014 at 11:09:37AM +0100, fa-ml wrote: > > That is a tad curt, maybe. I don't *think* you can use scripting languages > with it, but for sure questions 2 and 4 get an affirmative answer (check > for 'macro' in 'man muttrc'). More in general mutt is quite customisable > and along wi

Re: Questions from a newbie

2014-02-14 Thread Patrick Shanahan
* fa-ml [02-14-14 05:12]: > On Fri, Feb 14, 2014 at 10:54:25PM +1300, Chris Bannister wrote: [...] > > http://www.mutt.org/doc/manual/ > > > > That is a tad curt, maybe. I don't *think* you can use scripting > languages with it, but for sure questions 2 and 4 get an affirmative > answer (check

Re: Questions from a newbie

2014-02-14 Thread fa-ml
On Fri, Feb 14, 2014 at 10:54:25PM +1300, Chris Bannister wrote: > On Fri, Feb 14, 2014 at 07:12:53AM +0100, alb...@gmail.com wrote: > > Hi > > > > I have a few basic questions about mutt: > > > > 1) does mutt support any kind of scripting for its API? if so, what > > scripting languages can be u

Re: Questions from a newbie

2014-02-14 Thread Chris Bannister
On Fri, Feb 14, 2014 at 07:12:53AM +0100, alb...@gmail.com wrote: > Hi > > I have a few basic questions about mutt: > > 1) does mutt support any kind of scripting for its API? if so, what > scripting languages can be used? > 2) is it possible to define custom actions for selected emails (e.g. > g

Questions from a newbie

2014-02-13 Thread alb348
Hi I have a few basic questions about mutt: 1) does mutt support any kind of scripting for its API? if so, what scripting languages can be used? 2) is it possible to define custom actions for selected emails (e.g. getting some external program/script to process an email by invoking a script whic

Re: navigation questions from a newbie

2002-06-16 Thread Marc Wilson
On Thu, Jun 13, 2002 at 11:19:34AM -0400, Brett Sanger wrote: > Is there an equivalent of the "sent-mail" folder? A convenient way to > make one? If I hand-roll (via perl) the monthly archiving of such folders > to mimic pine's behavior, what locking procedure does mutt use so that I > can ensur

Re: navigation questions from a newbie

2002-06-15 Thread Michael Maibaum
On Thu, Jun 13, 2002 at 11:19:34AM -0400, Brett Sanger wrote: Answers to so far unanswered questions below. > > Okay, this is a simple one, but I didn't come across it in the docs. How > do I set my From: address? I tinkered with my EMAIL enviroment, but that > didn't make a difference. Othe

Re: navigation questions from a newbie

2002-06-13 Thread Gary Johnson
On Thu, Jun 13, 2002 at 11:19:34AM -0400, Brett Sanger wrote: > Okay, just started using mutt, (previously used pine, decided to make the > switch). I've heard pretty much nothing but good things about mutt, so > I'm assuming most of my issues can be resolved, I just don't know how. I > haven't

Re: navigation questions from a newbie

2002-06-13 Thread Brett Sanger
> If you want to do it on just one line, you'll have to replace that with > > my_hdr From: Brett Sanger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > to force the header into place. Just to make sure I comprehend -- this is the not the best solution since it precludes using hooks? (My attachment to a small .muttrc is

Re: navigation questions from a newbie

2002-06-13 Thread David T-G
Brett -- ...and then Brett Sanger said... % % > > Okay, this is a simple one, but I didn't come across it in the docs. How % > > do I set my From: address? I tinkered with my EMAIL enviroment, but that % > > didn't make a difference. % > % > See Mutt manual 6.3.55 % % My .muttrc file: % % se

Re: navigation questions from a newbie

2002-06-13 Thread Brett Sanger
> > Okay, this is a simple one, but I didn't come across it in the docs. How > > do I set my From: address? I tinkered with my EMAIL enviroment, but that > > didn't make a difference. > > See Mutt manual 6.3.55 My .muttrc file: set from = [EMAIL PROTECTED] (yes, so far it's just one line) Ye

Re: navigation questions from a newbie

2002-06-13 Thread Kevin Coyner
On Thu, Jun 13, 2002 at 11:19:34AM -0400, Brett Sanger wrote.. > Okay, just started using mutt, (previously used pine, decided to make the > switch). I've heard pretty much nothing but good things about mutt, so > I'm assuming most of my issues can be resolved, I just don't know how. I > h

Re: navigation questions from a newbie

2002-06-13 Thread Robert Ian Smit
On Thu, Jun 13, 2002 at 11:19:34AM -0400, Brett Sanger wrote: I only use mutt for a couple of weeks now, so I can only answer some of your questions. Read below. (I removed questions I don't know the answer to) One word of advise though. Get someone elses .muttrc and work with that. One of the

navigation questions from a newbie

2002-06-13 Thread Brett Sanger
Okay, just started using mutt, (previously used pine, decided to make the switch). I've heard pretty much nothing but good things about mutt, so I'm assuming most of my issues can be resolved, I just don't know how. I haven't used elm, so I can't import any knowledge from that. Before I get to