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sk8r-365
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 Posted: Mon Nov 10, 2008 1:13 am Post subject: mutt and ~/Mail |
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Using Debian Lenny/Sid with mutt version 1.5.18.
mutt asks every time it starts to create a directory "Mail", which is
pretty useless for all mail ends up in ~/mbox by default. Plus,
generally I don't keep mail - it's system mail only. Also, I like things
tidy. Allowing an used directory to be created is wasteful. Yes, I know,
it's not much but I don't care for it. Having read the man page and
unsuccessfully searching for a solution to stop mutt from trying to
create ~/Mail on the Web, I thought maybe someone in the news groups had
found a suitable answer. Please advise.
Many thanks!,
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Jasen Betts
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| Posted: Mon Nov 10, 2008 4:31 pm Post subject: Re: mutt and ~/Mail |
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On 2008-11-09, sk8r-365 <sk8r-365@sk8r.debian.lenny.invalid.org> wrote:
| Quote: | Using Debian Lenny/Sid with mutt version 1.5.18.
mutt asks every time it starts to create a directory "Mail", which is
pretty useless for all mail ends up in ~/mbox by default. Plus,
generally I don't keep mail - it's system mail only. Also, I like things
tidy. Allowing an used directory to be created is wasteful. Yes, I know,
it's not much but I don't care for it. Having read the man page and
unsuccessfully searching for a solution to stop mutt from trying to
create ~/Mail on the Web, I thought maybe someone in the news groups had
found a suitable answer. Please advise.
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the muttrc manpage (you should always check the see-also's when you
read manpages) suggests that adding the line
folder ~/
to the ~/.muttrc file will cure this behavior.
bye. |
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sk8r-365
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| Posted: Tue Nov 11, 2008 7:13 pm Post subject: Re: mutt and ~/Mail |
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Jasen Betts made a definite or systematic statement of:
| Quote: | the muttrc manpage (you should always check the see-also's when you
read manpages) suggests that adding the line
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Going over that. Thanks. Hadn't realize that man page existed.
| Quote: | folder ~/
to the ~/.muttrc file will cure this behavior.
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Here's the result of the above suggestion:
Error in /home/<user>/.muttrc, line 1: folder: unknown command
source: errors in /home/<user>/.muttrc
Press any key to continue...
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Jim Diamond
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| Posted: Tue Nov 11, 2008 8:21 pm Post subject: Re: mutt and ~/Mail |
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On 2008-11-11 at 09:13 AST, sk8r-365 <sk8r-365@sk8r.debian.lenny.invalid.org> wrote:
| Quote: | Jasen Betts made a definite or systematic statement of:
the muttrc manpage (you should always check the see-also's when you
read manpages) suggests that adding the line
Going over that. Thanks. Hadn't realize that man page existed.
folder ~/
to the ~/.muttrc file will cure this behavior.
Here's the result of the above suggestion:
Error in /home/<user>/.muttrc, line 1: folder: unknown command
source: errors in /home/<user>/.muttrc
Press any key to continue...
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In my version of mutt, "folder" is a variable, not a command.
I have
set folder=~/mail
maybe you want
set folder=~
Cheers.
Jim |
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sk8r-365
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| Posted: Wed Nov 12, 2008 5:42 am Post subject: Re: mutt and ~/Mail |
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Jim Diamond made a definite or systematic statement of:
| Quote: | On 2008-11-11 at 09:13 AST, sk8r-365
sk8r-365@sk8r.debian.lenny.invalid.org> wrote:
Jasen Betts made a definite or systematic statement of:
the muttrc manpage (you should always check the see-also's when you
read manpages) suggests that adding the line
Going over that. Thanks. Hadn't realize that man page existed.
folder ~/
to the ~/.muttrc file will cure this behavior.
Here's the result of the above suggestion:
Error in /home/<user>/.muttrc, line 1: folder: unknown command
source: errors in /home/<user>/.muttrc
Press any key to continue...
In my version of mutt, "folder" is a variable, not a command.
I have
set folder=~/mail
maybe you want
set folder=~
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Jim,
OK, there we go. "set folder=~" is the ticket.
Thank you!
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sk8r-365
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government, that I shall always be satisfied that what is not done,
either cannot, or ought not to be done." - Thomas Jefferson |
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