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 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
