* Stan Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> spake thus: > On Sat Feb 2 06:43:06 2002 Stig Brautaset wrote... >> >>* Stan Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> spake thus: >>> I'm migrating to a new woody mail machine, and switching from elm to >>> mutt in the process. I have several hunderd alliases in my elm config. >>> Has anyone a sugestion as to how to convert these for use by mutt? >> >>You won't like this answer, but here it goes: "vim".
[snip] > OK, thnaks for showing me how to do that. > > Now, the next question is, what is the format of the mutt allias file. > Looking through the manuall I am a bit confused. In elm you specify: > > 1. the alias (shortcut) > 2. Whether it's a person or a list > 3. The address that the alliase expands to > 4. The text that will appear on your screen to confirm which alias you > have slected (long description). > > Thes fields don't really seem to match up to the fileds in mutt. Am I > missing somethign? Do it the easy way; let mutt create an alias for you, and just copy the structure. Aliases are created with mutt by hitting the 'a' key. HTH :) Stig -- brautaset.org Registered Linux User 107343 ``Oh, how I wish `undo' was ported to everyday life.''
