Re: what is the correct format to specify a new mailbox?
On Wed, Apr 13, 2005 at 03:00:44PM -0400, Angelina Carlton wrote:
> I use version Mutt 1.3.28i (2002-03-13) on my Debian Woody computer
> and in my .muttrc I specify mailboxes explicitly with:
>
> mailboxes ~/mail/office ~/mail/family ~/mail/root ~/mail/gmail
[...]
> Looking at /usr/share/doc/mutt/examples/sample.muttrc.gz I see:
>
> mailboxes ! +mutt-dev +mutt-users +open-pgp +wmaker +hurricane +vim
>
> So I set mine the same:
>
> mailboxes ! +office +family +root +gmail
>
> same error though.
Make sure you have $folder set properly, i.e.,
set folder=~/mail/
(the default is ~/Mail/)
Then you can use either + or = as a shortcut for a mailbox. ! is
shortcut for the inbox.
w