From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Jan 24 16:13: 9 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mail2.one.net (mail2.one.net [206.112.192.100]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2CB0837B402 for ; Wed, 24 Jan 2001 16:12:49 -0800 (PST) Received: from ip-216-23-54-215.adsl.one.net ([216.23.54.215] EHLO arrakis.desert-power.org ident: IDENT-NOT-QUERIED [port 27665]) by mail2.one.net with ESMTP id <287930-30893>; Wed, 24 Jan 2001 19:12:39 -0500 Received: (from mwithers@localhost) by arrakis.desert-power.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) id TAA23415; Wed, 24 Jan 2001 19:14:17 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from mwithers) From: "Mark B. Withers" To: Odhiambo Washington Cc: freebsd-questions Subject: Re: mutt saves messages to wrong directory Message-ID: <20010124191417.D22718@arrakis.desert-power.org> References: <20010124034632.A20934@arrakis.desert-power.org> <20010124130025.B49664@poeza.iconnect.co.ke> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0.1i In-Reply-To: <20010124130025.B49664@poeza.iconnect.co.ke>; from wash@iconnect.co.ke on Wed, Jan 24, 2001 at 05:00:17AM -0500 Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2001 19:12:33 -0500 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Thanks for the advice. I did read the manual.txt for mutt - even took notes on index cards as I read. But was discouraged and missed the crucial information contained in the manual page. I merely used the sample .muttrc that came with the distribution (with some minor modifications). Mark On Wed, Jan 24, 2001 at 05:00:17AM -0500, Odhiambo Washington wrote: > * Mark B. Withers [20010124 11:46]: writing on the subject ' mutt saves messages to wrong directory' > Mark> To those who helped me with my question regarding mutt..thanks! > Mark> > Mark> My problem was that whenever I would save an email message, it would > Mark> save the files in my ~ directory. > Mark> > Mark> I had the correct parameter set in my .muttrc > Mark> > Mark> set folder="~/Mail" > Mark> > Mark> However it would still dump all saved messages to my ~ directory > Mark> instead of ~/Mail. > Mark> > Mark> I have found a work-around which is to cd to my ~/Mail directory > Mark> first, then start mutt. > Mark> > Mark> Hope this helps someone in the future! > > You did not read the mutt man page. There is even a sample muttrc in your > system. Please read it and avoid workarounds. > > -Wash > > -- > Odhiambo Washington Inter-Connect Ltd., > wash@iconnect.co.ke 5th Flr Furaha Plaza > Tel: 254 11 222604 Nkrumah Rd., > Fax: 254 11 222636 PO Box 83613 MOMBASA, KE. > > You have to be fast on your feet and adaptive or else a strategy is useless. > -Lou Gerstner > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message