On Fri, Mar 27, 2009 at 05:48:10AM EDT, Chris Bannister wrote: > On Mon, Mar 23, 2009 at 06:08:35PM -0400, Chris Jones wrote:
> > What mailer are you referring to? I use mutt and it threads messages > > reliably, flagging malformed mails that it adds to a thread when it > You can see what mailer he is using if you put in your .muttrc: I was asking one of the top-posting advocates to elaborate on "archaic mail readers" .. written in the 1980s .. I believe he wrote.. I would assume he is not using one himself .. but then who knows.. > ----- > # What headers are displayed > ignore * > unignore From Date Subject To Cc User-agent X-Mailer Something has to set User-agent and/or X-Mailer.. and a quick look at the list - I keep my headers to a minimum and hit "h" whenever I want to display them all - gives me over 50% posts that do not have either of these set. > # What order the headers are displayed > unhdr_order * > hdr_order X-Mailer User-agent From Date To Cc Subject > ------ > > and for added spice create a ~/configs/colours file. > You will need to source the file in your .muttrc, i.e.: Here's my effort: # -*- muttrc -*- # # Color settings for mutt. # # Default color definitions color normal color250 default color hdrdefault color136 default color quoted color244 default color quoted1 color240 default color quoted2 color236 default color quoted3 color244 default color quoted4 color240 default color quoted5 color236 default color signature color254 default color indicator color231 color233 color error color88 default color status black color245 color tree color240 default color tilde black default color attachment brightyellow default color markers color240 default color message color250 default color search color231 color233 color bold color231 default # Color definitions when on a mono screen mono bold bold mono underline underline mono indicator reverse mono error bold # Colors for message headers color header color231 default "^(From|Subject):" color header color231 default ^To: color header color231 default ^Cc: mono header bold "^(From|Subject):" # This is a mess. What happens when a message is flagged twice? # reset index to medium grey color index color242 default " " # regular new messages color index color145 default "~O | ~N" # regular 'old' messages #color index color145 default "~N" # regular tagged messages color index color184 default "~T" # regular flagged messages color index color185 default "~F" # messages to myself color index color221 default "~p" # messages from myself color index color221 default "~P" # big messages - don't see much point for this one #color index color52 default "~z 32765-" # deleted messages color index color160 default "~D" # Highlights inside the body of a message. # Attribution lines color body color208 default "\\* [^<]+ <[^>]+> \\[[^]]+\\]:" color body color208 default "(^|[^[:alnum:]])on [a-z0-9 ,]+( at [a-z0-9:,. +-]+)? wrote:" # The TOFU #color body color231 default "\[\-\-\-\=\|" color body color231 default "TOFU" # Highlights inside the body of a message. # URLs color body color231 default "(http|https|ftp|news|telnet|finger)://[^ \"\t\r\n]*" color body color231 default "mailto:[-a-z_0-9...@[-a-z_0-9.]+"; mono body bold "(http|https|ftp|news|telnet|finger)://[^ \"\t\r\n]*" mono body bold "mailto:[-a-z_0-9...@[-a-z_0-9.]+"; # email addresses color body color231 default "[-a-z_0-9.%...@[-a-z_0-9.]+\\.[-a-z][-a-z]+" mono body bold "[-a-z_0-9.%...@[-a-z_0-9.]+\\.[-a-z][-a-z]+" # PGP messages color body color84 default "^gpg: Good signature .*" color body color250 default "^gpg: " color body color88 default "^gpg: BAD signature from.*" mono body bold "^gpg: Good signature" mono body bold "^gpg: BAD signature from.*" # Various smilies and the like color body color220 default "<[Gg]>" # <g> color body color220 default "<[Bb][Gg]>" # <bg> color body color220 default " [;:]-*[})>{(<|]" # :-) etc... # *bold* color body color231 default "(^|[[:space:][:punct:]])\\*[^*]+\\*([[:space:][:punct:]]|$)" mono body bold "(^|[[:space:][:punct:]])\\*[^*]+\\*([[:space:][:punct:]]|$)" # _underline_ color body color231 default "(^|[[:space:][:punct:]])_[^_]+_([[:space:][:punct:]]|$)" mono body underline "(^|[[:space:][:punct:]])_[^_]+_([[:space:][:punct:]]|$)" # /italic/ (Sometimes gets directory names) color body color231 default "(^|[[:space:][:punct:]])/[^/]+/([[:space:][:punct:]]|$)" mono body underline "(^|[[:space:][:punct:]])/[^/]+/([[:space:][:punct:]]|$)" # Border lines. color body color252 default "( *[-+=#*~_]){6,}" .. a work in progress if there ever was one. :-) Looks something like this: http://www.geocities.com/fcky1000/fckz/mutt.png Thanks, CJ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
