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Re: Mutt Newbie;Configuring Mutt

On Sat, Feb 24, 2007 at 04:37:28PM -0700, Darrin Chandler wrote:
> On Sat, Feb 24, 2007 at 06:02:24PM -0500, Michael Pobega wrote:
> > On Sat, Feb 24, 2007 at 05:43:13PM -0500, pobega wrote:
> > Hello all. I'm new to using Mutt, I'm switch over from Sylpheed.
> >  
> > I've already noticed that Mutt is very powerful, especially for a
> > terminal application! 
> > 
> > What I'd like to do is change Mutt's default directory from ~ to ~/mail, 
> > because I really dislike having files in my ~ directory. Currently I 
> > have mbox and sent in my ~ directory, it's not overly annoying but 
> > it's just something I'd like to do.
> > 
> > I'm currently working on filtering using Procmail and SpamAssassin, but
> > I'd like to move everything into ~/mail before I do anything more with
> > them. I've looked through the documentation but I really can't find
> > anything useful, even Google turned up little to nothing.
> 
> set folder=$HOME/mail
> 
> There are a LOT of helpful mutt resources out there, starting with
> http://www.mutt.org/doc/manual/
> 

That doesn't seem to work. No matter what I do Mutt uses ~/mbox as my
mbox. Everytime I exit mutt it asks me if I want to move my read
messages to /home/pobega/mbox, not /home/pobega/mail/mbox (As it should
be asking, to my understanding)


> > Currently I'm not subscribed to the mutt-users list, so CC me if you
> > respond to this message. Once I get everything working I'll definitely
> > be subscribing though. Thanks for your time!
> 
> The earlier you subscribe the better. ;) I've picked up some very useful
> knowledge here even when I didn't have a question.
> 

Actually, I did have to subscribe to the mailing list. It wouldn't let
me send any mail to the list without subscribing. So no more need to CC
me (I forgot that I had that in the initial message and I resent it
without editing that bit out).