Re: How to deal with new mail?
Hi,
> To get mutt to check all of the mboxes that can have new mail in them,
> you have to list ALL of them in the mailboxes command. For example, if
> your procmail script can deliver mail to "family", "friends", "mutt",
> and "work" folders, you would need a mailboxes line something like
> this:
>
> set folder="$HOME/mail"
> mailboxes =family =friends =mutt =work =
> ^ ^ ^ ^ ^-- $folder
> | | | `-------- $folder/work
> | | `-------------- $folder/mutt
> | `----------------------- $folder/friends
> `------------------------------- $folder/family
>
> Then mutt will check all of those folders for new mail. They won't be
> displayed in the status-bar, but you will be notified of new mail just
> below the status bar. Also, as Vladimir said, you can press '.'
> (period) to get the list, or, after pressing 'c' to change folders,
> you can press '?' to show just the mailboxes that have new mail (this
> is known as the "buffy list").
I did set up my .muttrc now like this:
mailboxes /var/mail/benni =freunde =kassette =listmutt =lists =mbox
=root =sent =uni
As I wrote to Vladimir, pressing '.' does nothing, and I don't get any
notification about new mail below the status bar.
Pressing c? works, but I get a list with all folders, even if I didn't
specify them as mailboxes, and not just those with new mail.
Seems like I misconfigured something?
> When changing folders (i.e. after you've pressed 'c'), the first
> mailbox (that you've told mutt to check, via the 'mailboxes' command)
> that has new mail in it is listed as a suggestion. Pressing space will
> cycle to the next one, provided that 1) you've specified multiple
> mailboxes and 2) another of them has new mail in it.
I wish I could get this to work...
I have several mailboxes that are specified as mailboxes and have new
mail in them, but all I get when I press c is
"Öffne Mailbox (für eine Liste '?' eingeben):" (it's german... "Open
mailbox (press '?' for a list") or something similar to that)
and if I press space after that it says
"Öffne Mailbox: " ("Open mailbox: ")
I repeated pressing space several times, but mutt didn't cycle to the
next one. Nothing happened.
> Hope that makes things a little clearer for you,
> ~Kyle
Than you! Yes, it's getting clearer. I just have to get it working
though...
Benjamin