Re: Mutt

[ngterry@easan.com.hk (Terence Ng)]

I have found the muttrc file at /etc/Muttrc.  I have read the file and cannot find any read-only keyword.  Why I cannot use Mutt to delete mails in /var/spool/mail/ngterry?  And the mails are always marked "New".

Sincerely,

Terence Ng

#
# System configuration file for Mutt
#

# default list of header fields to weed when displaying
#
ignore "from " received content- mime-version status x-status message-id
ignore sender references return-path lines

# emacs-like bindings
bind editor    "\e<delete>"    kill-word
bind editor    "\e<backspace>" kill-word

# map delete-char to a sane value
bind editor     <delete>  delete-char

# some people actually like these settings
#set pager_stop
#bind pager <up> previous-line
#bind pager <down> next-line

# don't add the hostname to the From header
unset use_domain
# don't generate a From header
unset use_from

# Specifies how to sort messages in the index menu.
set sort=threads

# Exim does not removes Bcc headers
unset write_bcc
# Postfix and qmail uses Delivered-To for detecting loops
unset bounce_delivered

# weed out binary-only announcements to -devel-changes
#macro index \CW T!~s\(.*source.*\)\nWn^T~A\n "Weed out binary-only announcements"

# imitate the old search-body function
macro index \eb '/~b ' 'search in message bodies'

# simulate the old url menu
macro index \cb |urlview\n 'call urlview to extract URLs out of a message'
macro pager \cb |urlview\n 'call urlview to extract URLs out of a message'

# Show documentation when pressing F1
macro generic <f1> "!zless /usr/share/doc/mutt/manual.txt.gz\n" "Show Mutt documentation"
macro index   <f1> "!zless /usr/share/doc/mutt/manual.txt.gz\n" "Show Mutt documentation"
macro pager   <f1> "!zless /usr/share/doc/mutt/manual.txt.gz\n" "Show Mutt documentation"

# If Mutt is unable to determine your site's domain name correctly, you can
# set the default here.
#
# set hostname=cs.hmc.edu

# If your sendmail supports the -B8BITMIME flag, enable the following
#
# set use_8bitmime

# colors
color hdrdefault cyan default
color quoted   green default
color signature        cyan default
color attachment brightyellow default
color indicator black cyan
#color indicator brightblack cyan      # nicer in reverse-color xterms
color status   brightgreen blue
color tree     red default
color markers  brightred default
color tilde    blue default
color header   brightgreen default ^From:
color header   brightcyan default ^To:
color header   brightcyan default ^Reply-To:
color header   brightcyan default ^Cc:
color header   brightblue default ^Subject:
color body     brightred default [\-\.+_a-zA-Z0-9]+@[\-\.a-zA-Z0-9]+
color body     brightblue default (http|ftp)://[\-\.\,/%~_:?\#a-zA-Z0-9]+

# aliases for broken MUAs
charset-hook US-ASCII     ISO-8859-1
charset-hook x-unknown    ISO-8859-1
charset-hook windows-1250 CP1250
charset-hook windows-1251 CP1251
charset-hook windows-1252 CP1252
charset-hook windows-1253 CP1253
charset-hook windows-1254 CP1254
charset-hook windows-1255 CP1255
charset-hook windows-1256 CP1256
charset-hook windows-1257 CP1257
charset-hook windows-1258 CP1258

##
## More settings
##

# GnuPG configuration
set pgp_sign_micalg=pgp-sha1 # default for DSS keys
set pgp_decode_command="gpg %?p?--passphrase-fd 0? --no-verbose --batch --output - %f"
set pgp_verify_command="gpg --no-verbose --batch --output - --verify %s %f"
set pgp_decrypt_command="gpg --passphrase-fd 0 --no-verbose --batch --output - %f"
set pgp_sign_command="gpg --no-verbose --batch --output - --passphrase-fd 0 --armor --detach-sign --textmode %?a?-u %a? %f"
set pgp_clearsign_command="gpg --no-verbose --batch --output - --passphrase-fd 0 --armor --textmode --clearsign %?a?-u %a? %f"
set pgp_encrypt_only_command="/usr/lib/mutt/pgpewrap gpg -v --batch --output - --encrypt --textmode --armor --always-trust -- -r %r -- %f"
set pgp_encrypt_sign_command="/usr/lib/mutt/pgpewrap gpg --passphrase-fd 0 -v --batch --output - --encrypt --sign %?a?-u %a? --armor --always-trust -- -r %r -- %f"
set pgp_import_command="gpg --no-verbose --import -v %f"
set pgp_export_command="gpg --no-verbose --export --armor %r"
set pgp_verify_key_command="gpg --no-verbose --batch --fingerprint --check-sigs %r"
set pgp_list_pubring_command="gpg --no-verbose --batch --with-colons --list-keys %r" 
set pgp_list_secring_command="gpg --no-verbose --batch --with-colons --list-secret-keys %r" 
set pgp_getkeys_command=""