Re: Mutt configuration

[Shao Zhang <shao@cia.com.au>]

Erik van der Meulen [erik@avondel.xs4all.nl] wrote:
> Hi, I love Mutt as an e-mail client. A few things I have not been able
> to sort out yet. Any suggestions would be welcome.
> 
> - I would like to have prober IMAP support. I use Mutt on a local
>   machine, for remote access I use Netscape (IMAP) over LAN, and IMP
>   (also IMAP) over Internet. I have not been able to get Mutt to do
>   proper IMAP. Rumours about a new release with improved functionallity
>   are circulating...

	in Mutt 1.12, IMAP works ok for me. Try the following:
	mailboxes = {your.imap.server}$HOME/mail/incoming

	If all of your mails are getting from the IMAP sever, then you
	can even:
		set folder = {your.imap.server}

	then you can do imap folder browsing as well.

> 
> - I would like to be able to use a different name in the From: line than
>   my linux account name. My account is 'erik', but I have an alias
>   e.van.der.meulen. How do I get Mutt to default to the last?

	try(this is what I have):
		set realname = "Shao Zhang"
		my_hdr my_hdr From: $realname \<shao@cia.com.au\>

> 
> - Is there some way to set return receipts in Mutt? I thing I have been
>   able to do this once, but cannot get it right again.

	try:
		my_hdr Return-Receipt-To: \<shao@cia.com.au\>


Regards,


Shao.
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