a Mutt question

Janina Sajka janina at rednote.net
Fri Aug 19 19:26:46 EDT 2005


My expectation is that mutt will be mutt whatever the distro. Perhaps
there is some difference in default configurations supplied, but I would
be confident of copying configurations around.

Dan Murphy writes:
> thanks Janina.  Actually I'm considering installing Debian on another 
> machine.  I had a look at it recently and I'm rather intrigued with some 
> of the differences and conveniences.
> 
> 
> On Thu, 18 Aug 2005, Janina Sajka wrote:
> 
> >I don't use Slack, so can't be too specific about that. However, I can
> >tell you that you need to create the .muttrc in your home directory. I
> >don't believe one is written their by any application. You can find an
> >example to play with at:
> >
> >ftp://rednote.net/goodies/system/user/muttrc
> >
> >As far as mail not being sent, you might want to tail your
> >/var/log/maillog, or whatever file Slackware uses to write its messages
> >relating to the sending of mail for clues.
> >
> >Dan Murphy writes:
> >>I am having my first in depth look at Mutt and it's quite interesting, but
> >>I have one small problem.  From what I can see, when I send mail, it
> >>doesn't seem to arrive at it's destination.
> >>I know it works some how in conjunction with sendmail and I'm looking at
> >>the Mutt manual, but is there something I should check in Muttrc that will
> >>indicate what's going on?
> >>I'm running Slackware 10.1 with kernel 2.4.29.  also, it seems there is
> >>only a system-wide Muttrc in /etc/mutt, and not one in my user directory.
> >>Help would be appreciated because it looks like a very interesting mail
> >>client.
> >>
> >>
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Janina Sajka				Phone: +1.202.494.7040
Partner, Capital Accessibility LLC	http://www.CapitalAccessibility.Com
Bringing the Owasys 22C screenless cell phone to the U.S. and Canada. Go to http://www.ScreenlessPhone.Com to learn more.

Chair, Accessibility Workgroup		Free Standards Group (FSG)
janina at freestandards.org		http://a11y.org




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