On Sat, Sep 10, 2005 at 11:55:13AM -0700, paul wrote: > On Sat, Sep 03, 2005 at 10:23:07PM -0700, Steve Lamb wrote: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > I seem to have gotten most important things to work. One thing I > > > miss that I need is a quick way to set the From: field since I > > > have three different email addresses that I send messages from. > > > With Thunderbird the From: address was set automatically > > > correctly depending which folder I was in. Using Esc-F still > > > requires that I type the complete address. > > > > Ungh, one of the most bass-ackwards things that test mailers still cling > > to after two decades. The antiquated notion that people want to merge all > > their mail from different addresses into a single stream only to jump > > through > > a dozen or so hoops to split it back out. Whole reason I don't use mutt. > > That's been my main reason, too. Also after using mutt for a few weeks the > other reason is T-Bird's display is much much more readable. I have tried a > number of fonts with mutt and it doesn't really help. > > I will still continue to use mutt on my old (P-90) laptop. > > > I'm > > not keen on setting folder-hooks for every folder I ever create without a > > single notion of inheritance of settings. Even worse is trying to keep all > > the outbound mail separate. *shudder* > > > > Seriously, what problems are you having with TBird? Let's get that > > running so you don't have to suffer the horrors of an MUA stuck in the > > 1990s. > > It runs but nothing appears on the screen. I have found nothing relevant in > logs > or anything with Google. TIA for any diagnostic thoughts. > > > > Another important feature that I haven't found yet is a good way > > > to filter messages automatically. It looks like the 'mailbox' is > > > part of the answer. > > > > Mutt doesn't filter. Exim does. Ignore the inevitable "procmail > > rawks!" > > people who spawn from the woodwork any time "mutt" and "filter" are uttered > > in > > the same message together. Exim filters. Exim's filter language doesn't > > look > > like line noise from a 9600 USRobotics on a phone line routed through Pango > > Pango. Why run an additional program when then MTA does it just fine? > > > > > Peruse exim.org's documentation, esp. the portion marked "filter > > specification". I use Exim's filtering here because Thunderbird does not > > filter IMAP accounts. :( > > Thanks. I've been too busy to do this yet but hope to soon. > > > -- > Paul >
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