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Re: How to restore my mail?



On 2009-03-19 21:03, Kyle Wheeler wrote:
> You *might* be able to restore it, *if* you use an alternate temp 
> directory (i.e. if you set the $TMP environment variable, or the 
> $tmpdir muttrc configuration setting, or maybe if your editor keeps 
> draft files in a nonstandard place).

Thanks. I have not set the TMP variable, so the draft file was
/tmp/mutt-<hostname>-<uid>-<pid>-<whatever> and has been deleted
on boot. Bad luck, I have now set 'tmpdir=~/.mutt/'. Btw, is
there a variable to tell mutt not to delete mails from the
postponed mailbox on editing?