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From: "Steve Brown" <gtabug@prayforwind.com>
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Subject: Re: Mutt setup
Date: Thu, 6 Dec 2001 15:41:56 -0500
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I found this site useful for setting up mutt:
 http://mutt.netliberte.org/
In fact, it's the -only- help I found anywhere on it, never did find
readme's on a default install
Regards, Steve

----- Original Message -----
From: "Phil Webb" <philwebb@piperain.com>
To: "FreeBSD Questions Mailing List" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Sent: December 5, 2001 3:44 PM
Subject: Mutt setup


> In my ongoing adventure gettin my brain around FreeBSD I have decided to
move
> from Kmail in fvwm to mutt in fvwm.
>
> I installed mutt from ports and printed the "Mutt Manual" from mutt.org.
>
> In perusing the mutt manual I have two imminent questions.
>
> 1) On a default mutt install where the heck is .muttrc?  I can't find it
in
> /etc or in /usr/local/share/mutt as the manual says.  Do I need to build
my
> own, or am I gonna break something doing this? (Outside my own mistakes in
> .muttrc of course)
>
> 2) Is it possible for me to "call" vi as my editor of choice rather than
use
> the Emacs-style editor built into mutt?  I have no "religious"  bias
against
> Emacs, I am just sticking to the fewest possible variables on the learning
> curve at any one time and am learning vi for portabilities sake.
>
> As always, I thankfully await your sage recommendations.
>
>
> --
> Phil Webb
> http://www.piperain.com
>
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