On Sun, Aug 27, 2006 at 10:04:03PM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: > Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > > On Sun, Aug 27, 2006 at 07:23:59PM -0700, Steve Lamb wrote: > >> Paul Scott wrote: > >>> The slowness of Thunderbird in this setup is worth it with as many mail > >>> folders as I have. I can tell at a glance which folders have unread > >>> mail in them. How would I do that with mutt? > >> You don't. There's a command that can kinda show you but you have to tap > >> it constantly for it to update. There is no auto-updating new mail list. > >> "Because that's what biff is for." *bleh* > >> > > But mutt-ng, which includes the folder pane patch lets you see visually > > which folders have new mail and how much. If you set your poll interval > > suitably low, like 60 seconds, then it works quite nicely, is "similar" > > to the t-bird layout and performs better over ssh. > > Does it use the standard .muttrc, or do you have to write a new one? > It uses ~/.muttngrc. However, what I have for mine is ~/.muttngrc start out with "source ~/.muttrc" so that I can put just the mutt-ng specific configuration into ~/.muttngrc and then all the common stuff into ~/.muttrc. Regards, -Roberto -- Roberto C. Sanchez http://familiasanchez.net/~roberto
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