Help with muttrc file please

ace ace at freedomchat.org
Thu Mar 30 15:44:43 EST 2006


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On Thu, Mar 30, 2006 at 09:15:56AM -0700, Raul A. Gallegos wrote:
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> Hi. To set your reply address you can put in a my_hdr line like this:
> 
> my_hdr From: my full name <my_address at dom.ain>
> 

You may also use a line like this to modify the "From:" header: 
set from="ace <ace at freedomchat.org>
"

> Notice the capital F in From:. I'm not sure what the problem is with the 
> mailcap entry. I don't have one set at all in my local .muttrc but I 
> confess I have not looked at my global one in a very long time since 
> things on this Fedora box wsorked pretty much out of the box.
> 
> OK, just looked at my /etc/Muttrc blobal muttrc file and the mailcap set 
> is not set so I'm not sure why yours was.  Below I include my .muttrc 
> file with notes. Feel free to use it if you like.
> 
> If one of the settings does not make sense you can look it up in the 
> mutt manual which gives a detailed and easy to read explanation on what 
> the actual setting is.
> 
> - ---begin---
> # General Settings
> ignore *
> unignore From: To: Date: Subject: X-Mailer: X-ASK-Info:
> unset allow_8bit
> unset metoo
> set   alias_file=~/.mutt/aliases
> set attribution="%n said the following on %d:"
> set autoedit=yes
> set   delete=yes
> set editor="/usr/bin/nano -t"
> set fast_reply=yes
> set forward_format="[%s (fwd)]"
> set help=no
> set mark_old=no
> set move=no
> set pager_stop=yes
> set query_command="abook --mutt-query %s"
> set quit=yes
> set reverse_alias=yes
> set reverse_name=yes
> set reverse_realname=yes
> set sendmail_wait=0
> set sleep_time=1
> set sort_alias=address
> set tmpdir=~/.mutt/tmp
> 
> #this setting tells mutt in what order to display headers
> hdr_order Date: From: To: Cc: Subject: X-Mailer: X-Spam-Status: 
> X-ASK-Info:
> 
> 
> #I found this setting interesting at times but is hardly needed
> #set arrow_cursor=yes
> 
> #this is for my own knowledge
> set beep_new=yes
> set beep=yes
> 
> #I use postfix and this setting seems to help
> set bounce_delivered=no
> set bounce=yes
> 
> #I prefer setting this setting because otherwise sending mail can
> #appear to come from a different address. With this one your
> #envelop address will always be set to what ever you have in
> #your From: header.
> set envelope_from=yes
> 
> #more display options which are just personal choice
> set menu_scroll=no
> set sort=reverse-threads
> set hide_thread_subject=no
> 
> #you may want to not use these if you have no need of gpg or pgp keys
> set crypt_timestamp=no # don't tell me what time it is.                         
> set pgp_auto_decode=yes
> set pgp_timeout=3600
> set pgp_verify_sig=yes
> set pgp_autoinline=yes
> 
> #The following files contain or may contain personal information
> #so I source them so I can easily share my main .muttrc file
> #without having to edit out personal information. In the personal
> #file you can put imap or pop passwords if you want but I just use
> #fetchmail for that.
> # Source Extra Files
> source ~/.mutt/aliases
> source ~/.mutt/lists
> source ~/.mutt/pgp
> source ~/.mutt/private
> source ~/.mutt/hooks
> - ---end---
> - -- 
> Whatever you may be sure of, be sure of this: that you are dreadfully like
> other people.
> 		-- James Russell Lowell, "My Study Windows"
> Raul A. Gallegos ... IliwSsmc
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