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Re: WMMail.App + Mutt annoyances



On Thu, May 25, 2000 at 04:13:23PM -0400, t.bedlam wrote:
> On Wed, May 24, 2000 at 12:23:16PM -0600, Alberto Brealey was only 
> 
> > also, how can i change the initial mailbox mutt chacks? (i thought it was
> > 'set mbox = ~/mail/mbox', but that does not do the trick).
> 
> set mbox sets your default mailbox for storing. When you have read msgs left
> in /var/spool/mail/yourname when you exit, mutt asks you if you want them
> moved there.

The quick and dirty:
set spoolfile=/file/you/want/mutt/start/on
 
> Aside from the order of the list following mailboxes=  I'm not sure there is
> a way not to open your mail spool first. Try adding a '!' into the mailboxes
> line. Bang, '!', is a symbol for /v/s/m/yourname in mutt.
> 
> -b
> 
> -- 
> i'm determined to stand, whether god  |=|  bedlam@concentric.net
> will deliver me or not. -- bob dylan  |=|  www.cris.com/~bedlam
> 

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Pat Mahoney  <pat7@gmx.net>


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