On Wed, Oct 03, 2001 at 11:10:49AM +0100, Rory Campbell-Lange wrote:
> I've got a procmail rc file redirecting my mail either to one or other
> mailbox or otherwise to my /Mail/mbox mailbox.
>
> Mutt by default views the contents of my mail spool
> (/var/spool/mail/myname) rather than my mbox.
>
> Should I repoint mutt to my mbox, by default? How should I do this?
> Also, how can mutt know that there is unread mail in other folders?
>
> Thanks for any help.
> Rory
Put the following into .muttrc:
set mail_check=5
set folder=~/Mail
mailboxes ! +mbox
$ man muttrc
[...]
mailboxes filename [ filename ... ]
This command specifies folders which can receive
mail and which will be checked for new messages.
When changing folders, pressing space will cycle
through folders with new mail.
[...]
mail_check
Type: number
Default: 5
This variable configures how often (in seconds)
mutt should look for new mail.
[...]
folder
Type: path
Default: "~/Mail"
Specifies the default location of your mailboxes.
A `+' or `=' at the beginning of a pathname will be
expanded to the value of this variable. Note that
if you change this variable from the default value
you need to make sure that the assignment occurs
before you use `+' or `=' for any other variables
since expansion takes place during the `set' com
mand.
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