[PLUG] pine -> mutt: how to check mailbox files?

Cooper Stevenson cooper at cooper.stevenson.name
Thu Jun 26 12:04:01 UTC 2003


In your ~/.muttrc file:

mailboxes filename [filename...] 


-Cooper 

On Thu, 2003-06-26 at 12:00, Tyler F. Creelan wrote:
> Hi all -
> 
> In pine I can define different mailbox files and press "tab" to check
> each of them for new mail. How do I do this in mutt? I looked through
> the manual but didn't see anything specific, perhaps someone who
> migrated from pine to mutt has a quick answer?
> 
> Specifically I've seen where you can define "mailboxes" but how do you
> configure them to be checked upon pressing a key? Also how do you
> define variables in the .muttrc so you don't have to give the whole
> path to the mailbox?
> 
> mailboxes /nfs/foo/u3/u/bar/mail/folders/plug,
> mailboxes /nfs/foo/u3/u/bar/mail/folders/maildaemon
> 
> Another quick question - the message threading characters in my
> terminal are incorrect, with the arrows rendered as "mq>". Does
> anyone else have this problem or know how to solve it?
> 
> TFC
> 
> 
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Cooper Stevenson <cooper at cooper.stevenson.name>
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