On (05/08/03 07:52), Cheryl Homiak wrote: > Date: Tue, 5 Aug 2003 07:52:14 -0500 (CDT) > From: Cheryl Homiak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: debian mutt questions > > can anybody tell me whether the debian mutt package is configured to enable > fetching from one's pop server. I get errors when I try to use the pop_host or > pop_user variables in my .muttrc. > Also, I am a bit confused about sending mail in mutt in debian. All the examples > I see have sendmail in the .muttrc; some have /usr/lib/sendmail and some have > /usr/sbin/sendmail; both paths are on my system, but should I be using sendmail > directly or should I be including exim somewhere in my .muttrc entries?
This is not exactly what you asked but may help. I use getmail (which is pretty easy to set up), mutt and exim. I lifted an example .muttrc and adapted that for my own use. It is attached. HTH Clive
############################################## # Clive's Muttrc (ex Christopher Sharp) # # for use with the Maildir format # ############################################## set duplicate_threads=yes # highlights duplicates? set hostname=apollo set use_domain set realname="Clive Menzies" set folder=~/Mail set spoolfile=/var/mail/clive set mbox_type="Maildir" # sent mail should not be defined as a mailbox # mailboxes /home/clive/Mail/sent-mail set copy=yes set record=+sent-mail set envelope_from set abort_nosubject=ask-no set askcc set sig_dashes set signature="~/.mutt/signature" bind index '#' tag-entry unset ignore_list_reply_to set include=ask-yes set indent_string="> " set abort_unmodified=no set attribution="On %d, %n wrote:" set forward_format="Fwd: %s" set forward_quote set edit_headers set editor="vim" set fast_reply set followup_to unset force_name set postpone=ask-yes set postponed="~/Mail/postponed" set recall=ask-yes unset metoo unset reply_self set reply_to=ask-yes set sendmail_wait=0 set hdrs set header ignore * unignore from: date subject to cc reply-to: X-Spamblock: hdr_order To Cc From Date Subject X-Spamblock: unset read_only set index_format="%3C %Z %d %-20.20F %s" set help # unset arrow_cursor # unset ascii_chars # set to_chars="ZTGCF" set visual="vim" unset mark_old set beep_new set check_new set folder_format="%N %F %2l %-8.8u %-8.8g %8s %d %f" set sort_browser=alpha set date_format="(%d/%m/%y %H:%M)" set status_on_top set status_format="%r %P of %f %?l?%l? (%?n?%n\/?%m)%?d? Del:%d?%?F? Flag:%F?%?t? Tag:%t?%?p? Post:%p? %>-(%s/%S) %?b?- %b folders?" set sort=threads set sort_aux=date-sent set strict_threads set reply_regexp="^((re):[ \t]*)*" unset collapse_unread set uncollapse_jump set confirmappend set move=no ## set confirmcreate set delete=yes unset save_address unset save_name unset save_empty set pager=builtin set pager_format="-%S- %C/%m: %-20.20n %s" set pager_context=1 set pager_index_lines=10 unset pager_stop set markers set smart_wrap set tilde set quote_regexp="^( {0,4}[>|:#%]| {0,4}[a-z0-9]+[>|]+)+" set smileys="(>From)|(:[-^]?[][)(><}{|/DP])" set allow_8bit set attach_split set forward_decode set forward_decrypt set mime_forward=ask-no set mime_forward_decode set alias_file="~/.mutt/aliases" source ~/.mutt/aliases set reverse_alias set sort_alias=alias set alias_format="%2n %t %-10a %r" set alternates="clive_menzies|cmenzies" unset hidden_host set history=50 set print_command="/usr/bin/muttprint" # set print_command="lp" set print="yes" macro index p <display-toggle-weed><print-message><display-toggle-weed><exit> macro pager p <display-toggle-weed><print-message><display-toggle-weed> set quit=yes set tmpdir="/tmp" set mask="^(\.\.$|[^.])" unset pipe_decode unset pipe_split unset suspend set thorough_search set timeout=60 set query_command="lbdbq '%s'" # Here get the colors defined color attachment white magenta # .. color body cyan default "ftp://[^ ]*" color body brightgreen default "[[:alnum:]][-+.#_[:alnum:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:alnum:]]*[[:alnum:]]" color body cyan default "<URL:[^ ]*>" color bold green default # .. color error red default # global color header yellow default "^cc: " color header green default "^date: " color header yellow default "^from " color header brightcyan default "^from: " color header yellow default "^newsgroups: " color header yellow default "^reply-to: " color header brightcyan default "^subject: " color header green default "^to: " color header yellow default "^x-mailer: " color header yellow default "^message-id:" color header yellow default "^Organization:" color header yellow default "^Organisation:" color header yellow default "^User-Agent:" color header yellow default "^message-id: .*pine" color indicator black green # index color markers red default # index color message white blue # index color normal white default # pager body color quoted cyan default color quoted1 yellow default color quoted2 red default color quoted3 green default color quoted4 cyan default color quoted5 yellow default color quoted6 red default color quoted7 green default color signature brightred default # pager body color status white blue # status bar default: black white color tilde blue default # pager body color tree brightmagenta default # index color underline yellow default color body yellow default "[;:]-[)/(|]" color body yellow default "[;:][)/(|]" color body brightblue default "(http|ftp|news|telnet|finger)://[^ ]*" color index yellow default ~N # New color index yellow default ~O # Old color index magenta default ~F # Flagged color index blue default ~T # Tagged color index red default ~D # Deleted # The settings for the use of GnuPg with Mutt set pgp_decode_command="gpg %?p?--passphrase-fd 0? --no-verbose --batch --output - %f" set pgp_verify_command="gpg --no-verbose --batch --output - --verify %s %f" set pgp_decrypt_command="gpg --passphrase-fd 0 --no-verbose --batch --output - %f" set pgp_sign_command="gpg --no-verbose --batch --output - --passphrase-fd 0 --armor --detach-sign --textmode %?a?-u %a? %f" set pgp_clearsign_command="gpg --no-verbose --batch --output - --passphrase-fd 0 --armor --textmode --clearsign %?a?-u %a? %f" set pgp_encrypt_only_command="pgpewrap gpg -v --batch --output - --encrypt --textmode --armor --always-trust -- -r %r -- %f" set pgp_encrypt_sign_command="pgpewrap gpg --passphrase-fd 0 -v --batch --output - --encrypt --sign %?a?-u %a? --armor --always-trust -- -r %r -- %f" set pgp_import_command="gpg --no-verbose --import -v %f" set pgp_export_command="gpg --no-verbose --export --armor %r" set pgp_verify_key_command="gpg --no-verbose --batch --fingerprint --check-sigs %r" set pgp_list_pubring_command="gpg --no-verbose --batch --with-colons --list-keys %r" set pgp_list_secring_command="gpg --no-verbose --batch --with-colons --list-secret-keys %r" set pgp_getkeys_command="" # Clear all existing headers unmy_hdr From: unmy_hdr Bcc: unmy_hdr Reply-to: # Write headers my_hdr From: Clive Menzies <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> # The Keybindings bind pager / search bind pager L list-reply bind pager b bounce-message bind pager f forward-message bind pager m mail bind pager a reply # 'a' is for "answer" bind pager g group-reply bind pager j next-line bind pager k previous-line bind pager : enter-command bind index x sync-mailbox bind pager p previous-undeleted bind pager n next-undeleted bind pager \n next-unread bind compose \n send-message bind compose s send-message bind pager <up> previous-line bind pager <down> next-line bind pager <left> exit bind pager <right> view-attachments bind attach <left> exit bind attach <right> view-attach bind index <right> display-message macro index <left> "c?" bind browser <right> select-entry bind browser <left> exit macro pager G "!getmail\r" macro browser G "!getmail\r" macro index G "!getmail\r" # The Maillinglists i'm subscribed to subscribe debian-user subscribe debian-openoffice subscribe debian-powerpc subscribe linuxppc-nubus # subscribe hackers # subscribe cvs- # subscribe current # subscribe audit # subscribe mutt # The mailboxes I have # mailboxes +drafts +inbox +outbox +sent-mail +trash +mutt-users +spam