mutt colors with X

[VB]

Hi, I have mutt color settings that work just fine in console mode.  But when
I use mutt from X/gnome, it's all just green on black background.  How can I
make the color settings work in X?

Thank you,

Eric

Re: "permission denied" messages flashes across screen

[VB]

> 
> What exactly do the permissions look like? This is the wrong
> place to discuss it, but mind giving some 'ls -l'? Only
> executing chown(1) might not help. Also: If the file is in
> some subdirectory, are those permissions correct?

It was a permissions problem.  I was not aware that "chown user ~/directory" did not 
take care of subdirectories.  Thanks all,

Eric


> 
> Need some input...
> 
> Cheers, Rocco.

"permission denied" messages flashes across screen

[VB]

I have been tinkering with my files and directories and I may have changed some 
permission I did not mean to.  But now when I send mail from mutt, when I hit "y" to 
finally send the message, at the bottom of the screen I see for a split second that 
there is a message that flashes saying something something "..permission denied."  It 
goes way too fast for me to read what it is.  My initial thought was that I had 
changed the permissions on ~/sent-mail such that user could not write to it. But I 
chown'ed it back to my user and I still get the message.  

How can I find out what this message says?

Thank you,

Eric

x-authentication-warning

[VB]

Do my headers look ok?  When I send messages to myself (I'm real lonely) it says 
"X-Authentication-Warning" and gives out some info that you don't need to know.  I 
looked at google and it suggested adding "needmailhelo" under the privacy flag section 
for sendmail.cf.  But that did not work.  What can I do to clean up my act?

vberic

imap behavior

[VB]

In MS Outlook, actual deletion from the imap server is a two-step process.
First, the item is marked for deletion.  Here the message is not really gone
because it can be undeleted.  While marked for deletion, however, it can be
hidden from view such that the user can pretend as if it really deleted.
This is useful because it allows you to hold-on to messages you may need
later, but are reluctant to delete.  This is why I like imap.

When one truly wants to delete a message in MS Outlook, the "purge" command
is chosen whereupon all messages on the imap server that happen to be marked
for deletion are purged, i.e., truly deleted and gone forever.  I use purge
when my server space quota is approached.

Is mutt capable of simulating this behavior; does it retain the "marked for
deletion" and "purged" distinction?  So far, mutt takes my messages off of
the imap server, and is so impolite that it does *not* leave a copy for
future reference.  I.e., there is nothing left to purge.

I perused http://www.mutt.org/doc/manual/manual-6.html#commands and I did
not see that mutt follows the MS Outlook conventions I described.  I saw
"mh_purge" is related to "renaming deleted messages," but it's not clear if
this is what I am referring to.

Can someone please speak to this?

Van

undelete

[VB]

Once I mark a message as deleted and exit mutt, where does it move the
message?  I.e., is the message recoverable/undeletable after exiting mutt?

VVB

basic config help

[VB]

HI,

I've got my learn on and trying to get basic mail configured.  Presently,
I'm using mutt + sendmail + fetchmail.  I figured how to *receive and read*
mail via mutt/fetchmail, but I can't figure out how to send.  On my local
FBSD listserv, some people say I have a sendmail problem, some say mutt.
Maybe ya'll could help me figure it out?

I just have a home network.  My FBSD box's IP is 192.168.x.x, going through
a home gateway with two IPs of course, one private, one public.  I told FBSD
my domain is "localdomain".  My computer's name is "Sunny" if that helps.
Sunny is not my ISP logon name.  I created a .muttrc file in my home
directory which says this:

set folder=~/Mail
set alias_file=.alias
set postponed=.postponed
set record=SendMessages
set signature=.signature
my_hdr From: VB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
source =.alias


I also created a subdirectory, Mail, and added a .alias file and .signature
file.  Then I edited these in sendmail.cf:

# who I masquerade as (null for no masquerading)"
[EMAIL PROTECTED]

and

# "Smart" relay host (may be null)
DSgetnet.com

and

Dj$ getnet.com


Then I opened mutt and tried to send a message, but it was returned.  The
mail error message I don't understand:  "sorry, your envelope sender domain
must exist".  Please, what does the message mean, and what more should I do
to enable myself to send messages?  Full message text below.

Thnx

Van





>From MAILER-DAEMON Sat Apr  6 22:40:56 2002
Return-Path: 
Received: from localhost (localhost)
by Sunny.localdomain (8.11.6/8.11.6) id g375euC00642;
Sat, 6 Apr 2002 22:40:56 -0700 (MST)
(envelope-from MAILER-DAEMON)
Date: Sat, 6 Apr 2002 22:40:56 -0700 (MST)
From: Mail Delivery Subsystem 
Message-Id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: root
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: multipart/report; report-type=delivery-status;
boundary="g375euC00642.1018158056/Sunny.localdomain"
Subject: Returned mail: see transcript for details
Auto-Submitted: auto-generated (failure)
Status: RO
Content-Length: 1529
Lines: 49

This is a MIME-encapsulated message

--g375euC00642.1018158056/Sunny.localdomain

The original message was received at Sat, 6 Apr 2002 22:40:55 -0700 (MST)
from root@localhost

   - The following addresses had permanent fatal errors -
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
(reason: 552 sorry, your envelope sender domain must exist (#5.7.1))

   - Transcript of session follows -
... while talking to mail.getnet.net.:
>>> MAIL From:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> SIZE=308
<<< 552 sorry, your envelope sender domain must exist (#5.7.1)
554 5.0.0 Service unavailable

--g375euC00642.1018158056/Sunny.localdomain
Content-Type: message/delivery-status

Reporting-MTA: dns; Sunny.localdomain
Arrival-Date: Sat, 6 Apr 2002 22:40:55 -0700 (MST)

Final-Recipient: RFC822; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Action: failed
Status: 5.3.4
Diagnostic-Code: SMTP; 552 sorry, your envelope sender domain must exist
(#5.7.1)
Last-Attempt-Date: Sat, 6 Apr 2002 22:40:56 -0700 (MST)

--g375euC00642.1018158056/Sunny.localdomain
Content-Type: text/rfc822-headers

Return-Path: 
Received: (from root@localhost)
by Sunny.localdomain (8.11.6/8.11.6) id g375etD00640
for [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Sat, 6 Apr 2002 22:40:55 -0700 (MST)
(envelope-from root)
Date: Sat, 6 Apr 2002 22:40:55 -0700
From: Charlie & <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: tester1
Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Mime-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
Content-Disposition: inline
User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i

--g375euC00642.1018158056/Sunny.localdomain--