You can set the system inbox (spoolfile) in the muttrc file. It's called "spoolfile" : set spoolfile = /home/myself/mail/inbox If it is a one time thing, mutt -f path/to/my/folder will open up any given folder. HTH, -D On Mon, Jan 08, 2001 at 10:05:37PM -0200, Marcelo Chiapparini wrote: | Hi! | I want to mutt open looking into a given mailbox file, for example | /home/myself/mail/inbox. How can I do it? | | Thanks in advance | | Marcelo |