Re: Locale problem and sent index

[Kyle Wheeler <kyle-mutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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On Friday, May 11 at 10:54 PM, quoth Salve H�kedal:
>This is my (very simple) muttrc:
>
>set mbox_type=maildir
>set folder="~/epost"
>set spoolfile="+innboks"
>set      mbox="+innboks"
>set postponed="+kladd"
>set    record="+sendt"
># (Without this I get english month-names in the index(!))
>set locale="nb_NO" 
># (Why don't mutt automatically adopt my locale?)
>
>The muttrc above results in an ? substituting the 'å' in 'Salve Håkedal'
>in the recievers inbox.

I don't see where you're specifying your $realname, which means that 
mutt is pulling that value out of /etc/passwd (and probably not 
detecting the charset correctly). Try:

set realname='Salve Håkedal'

You may also want to set $charset to the correct value for your config 
file. (do that at the beginning of the muttrc)

>I can correct this with using:
>my_header From: "Salve Håkedal" <salve@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>but this results in my sent-index giving _my_ name, and not the name of
>the reciever of the email _I wrote_.

Eh? Those should not be connected. What is your $index_format? The 
default is that it shows the *author* of emails or the recipient if 
the message is from you. However, it needs to be able to know how to 
distinguish that a message is "from you". It does that by using your 
$from, and whatever $alternates you have set. Add this to your muttrc:

set from='salve@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'

That should get this working properly.

~Kyle
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