On Sun, Nov 03, 2002 at 12:51:13AM -0500, Stephan Sauerburger wrote: > On Sat, Nov 02, 2002 at 09:26:25AM -0500, Jon-o Addleman spanked upon the > buttocks of Barbie in Morse Code: > >On Sat, Nov 02, 2002 at 05:21:04PM +0530, sandip spake thusly: > >>hello! > >> > >>this is what i did: > >>mutt > >>:source ~/.alias > >>m #to compose new mail > >>tried to use alias, doesnt work still! > >> > >>any further solutions? > > > >Just stick that line in your .muttrc. I don't know if it can be used any > >other way. > > Sure it can. Sandip, everything you did in Mutt looks fine; my best guess is > that the alias is improperly entered in that file. Care to attach ~/.alias > this time?
well, i took earlier advice and put that line in .muttrc so that i do not have to type it everytime i use mutt. here is a sample of .muttrc alias sridhar Sridhar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> etc. now that i am here, let me ask one question. the way i understand, alias has to be one word. am i right? for instance, alias qwe asd zxc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> will be interpreted as qwe as alias for real name asd zxc. am i right? is there anyway by which i can use white spaces in alias? for instance, in above example, is there a way to use 'qwe asd' as alias and zxc as real name? thanx - sandip -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
