> Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2001 17:21:35 +0100
> From: Thorsten Haude <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: New Mutt User Question
>
> Hi,
>
> * Ken Ficara <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [01-11-29 16:58]:
> >I have a directory full of Unix mailboxes. I put a statement into my
> >.muttrc like so:
> >
> > set folder="/path/to/my/directory/of/mailboxes"
> >
> >I then start mutt so:
> >
> > mutt -y
> >
> >and mutt sez
> >
> > No incoming mailboxes defined.
> >
> >Huh? What am I doing wrong?
> Nothing that I know of, but you leave something out:
> mailboxes `find /path/to/my/directory/of/mailboxes -type f -print | grep -Ev
>'(log|backup|sent|postponed|trash)' | xargs`
> Somebody asked me about the xarg, and I couldn't really say whether
> Mutt accepts one mailbox per line. I never tried: Never change a
> running system.
> $folder sets only the '=' and '+' special variables. I think.
This is my version (single line in my .muttrc):
mailboxes `find ~/Mail/ -type f | perl -ne 'chomp; print "$_ "
unless m/^.*(postponed|sent|trash)$/'
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