Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2006 15:35:45 +0000 From: "Frank Shute" <frank@esperance-linux.co.uk> To: Graham Bentley <admin@cpcnw.co.uk> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Quick mail advice / Laptop use Message-ID: <20061128153545.GA1416@melon.esperance-linux.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <002201c712d8$2e511490$1c07a8c0@CPC> References: <002201c712d8$2e511490$1c07a8c0@CPC>
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On Tue, Nov 28, 2006 at 10:30:09AM -0000, Graham Bentley wrote:
>
> Hi All,
>
> I noticed that fetchmail created a file mbox but
> Mutt creates a 'Mail' directory however the mail
> seems to download into /var/mail
>
> Mutt asks me on exit to copy to mbox format.
>
> The Mail directory also has only one folder and
> on exit is empty. /var/mail still has copies.
>
> Can anyone clear up my confusions ;
>
> Where should mail be located ?
Depends om what softs you are using. I use qmail, procmail and getmail
so I use Maildirs
> How can I configure a 'sent items' for Mutt?
I don't know what this means. If you want a copy of all your outgoing
then put:
set copy=yes
in .muttrc
> How can I create an address book for Mutt?
touch a file called .mail_aliases in your homedir and fill it with
your addresses, one per line. E.g:
alias b FreeBSD UK <freebsd-users@uk.freebsd.org>
Put:
set alias_file=~/.mail_aliases
source .mail_aliases
in .muttrc
You should then be able to mail freebsd-users UK by putting b in the
To: field (it will expand). Or hitting t and then tab will bring up
all your aliases to choose from.
Once you've got a few addresses in .mail_aliases run it through
sort(1) to make it more easily readable.
>
> I know this would be better on the Mutt list
> but I also know there are some big Mutt fans
> here and asI am trying this on FreeBSD maybe
> more relevent ?
Your best bet is either to join the mutt mailing list or
comp.mail.mutt. This is OT for freebsd-questions.
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--
Frank
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