* martin f krafft ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [011003 04:01]: > also sprach Rory Campbell-Lange (on Wed, 03 Oct 2001 11:10:49AM +0100): > > 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? > > ever tries the manual? > > probably the best thing is a line like > > export MAIL=~/Mail/mbox in .bash_profile > > or, if you are using tcsh (why???) > > setenv MAIL ~/Mail/mbox. > > then go to www.mutt.org and browse the online manual for the > "mailboxes" configuration command.
also see "spoolfile"; this is probably what you really want. It should be set to a reasonable default if you set the MAIL environment variable as suggested above. good times, -- Vineet http://www.anti-dmca.org Unauthorized use of this .sig may constitute violation of US law. echo Qba\'g gernq ba zr\! |tr 'a-zA-Z' 'n-za-mN-ZA-M'
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