Re: mutt, gnome terminal, xemacs, gnuserv, debian etch

["Russell L. Harris" <rlharris@oplink.net>]

Andrew Sackville-West wrote:
> Russell L. Harris wrote:
>
>   
> > In "~/.bashrc" I put the line:
> >
> >     export EDITOR=/usr/bin/xemacs
> >
> > Now mutt starts xemacs after I enter a subject for the message, but when
> > I save the message and exit xemacs, mutt treats the text of the message
> > as an attachment, rather than as an integral part of the e-mail.
> >
> > According to The Linux Mail User HOWTO, section 2.1, "Setting your mail
> > editor", I need to set EDITOR to the value "gnuclient" and put the
> > following two lines into "~/.xemacs/init.el":
> >
> >     (autoload 'server-edit "server" nil t)
> >     (server-edit)
> >
> > But that doesn't seem to work.  I am confused.
> >
> > RLH
> >     
>
> I haven't followed your thread at all but maybe this will help
>
> set editor="/usr/bin/emacs -nw -l .emacs.mutt"
>
> from my .muttrc note the following:
>
> -nw specifies a cli version of emacs as opposed to a windowed version.
>
> -l .emacs.mutt loads my emacs configuration for use with mutt, but I
> leave that for you to figure out.
>
> hth
>
> A
>   

Thanks, Andrew. 

I have been puzzled about the "-nw"; and the "-l" is good to know.

I still am struggling with the transition from gnus to mutt.  Both 
previously and now, I am using maildir instead of mbox.  And now I am 
trying to use maildrop to replace the sorting which I was doing with gnus.

At this point, I am receiving mail, but no mail is being sent. 

The package chain is as follows:

INCOMING MAIL:  pop3 server @ my ISP -->  getmail4  -->  maildrop  -->  
[maildir]  --> mutt

OUTGOING MAIL:  smtp server @ my ISP  <--  exim4  <--  mutt

The system is a fresh install of Debian Etch.

RLH