Re: problem viewing mail
On date Saturday 2007-09-22 23:06:01 -0600, Joseph muttered:
> I'm just experimenting with mutt and I have a basic problem.
> I can not see any mail.
> The mail is pulled from my ISP's POP server OK and it is going I think
> to my "inbox" but when I open the inbox folder it is empty.
>
> Where is my error?
Did you check into your inbox dir? There are files in it? I mean you
have to look with a file browser. If the mail messages aren't there
then the problem is not with mutt but with some other piece of your
mail system (fetchmail or procmail).
> Here is my muttrc
> ------------
> set mbox_type=Maildir
> set spoolfile=~/.maildir/
> set move=no
>
> set pager_context=1
> set pager_index_lines=6 #show a mini-index in pager
> set menu_scroll
> set pgp_verify_sig=no #dont show pgp in pager
> set status_on_top #put status line at top
> set sort=threads #sort by message threads in
> index
>
> set status_format=" %r %b %f %n Del %d Msgs %m %l %> (%P)"
> set pager_format="%-10.10i %[!%a %b %d %R]"
> set date_format="!%H:%M %a %d %b "
> set index_format="%4C %Z %[%b%d] %-15.15F %s"
> set folder_format="%2C %t %8s %d %N %f"
>
> #set sendmail="/usr/bin/nbsmtp -d isp.net -h smtp.isp.net -f
> yourname@xxxxxxx"
>
> #set from="default-mailaddress" #set to your from address
> #set realname="myname"
>
> set record="$HOME/.maildir/sent" #sent mail is saved here
> set delete=yes #delete without prompting
> set include=yes #quote msg in reply
> set fast_reply=yes #no prompting on reply
> set beep=no #no noise
> set markers=no #no + on wrapped lines
> set confirmappend=no #no prompt for save to =keep
> set to_chars=" +TCF" #no L for mail_list
>
> set folder = $HOME/.maildir
> mailboxes =Private/Linux/gentoo-user
> mailboxes =Private/Linux/gentoo-new
> mailboxes =Private/Linux/asterisk-users
> mailboxes =duplicates
> mailboxes =inbox
> mailboxes =friends
> mailboxes =junk
> mailboxes =spam
> mailboxes =keep
>
>
> save-hook .* =keep #default mbox to (s)ave mail is
> =keep
> subscribe gentoo-user asterisk-users #subscribed to these lists
>
> bind pager h display-toggle-weed #toggle headers with h key
>
> # simulate the old url menu
> macro index \cb |urlview\n 'call urlview to extract URLs out of a
> message'
> macro pager \cb |urlview\n 'call urlview to extract URLs out of a
> message'
>
> #run fetchmail by hitting key of G
> macro index G "!fetchmail -ak -m 'procmail -d %T'\r"
> macro pager G "!fetchmail -ak -m 'procmail -d %T'\r"
The problem could be here. Try the command and read the log files of
both procmail and fetchmail (and BTW, you can also use the syntax:
macro index,pager G ...).
[...]
Regards.
--
mutt random tip #7
You can add a random signature to your files with:
set signature="fortune -s sig-file|"