Re: Mutt

[Suresh Ramasubramanian <mallet@xxxxxxx>]

* Kingsly John [linux-india] <18/04/01 12:20 +0530>:

> 1. does mutt store mail in the same format as pine ? (in case I need to
> switch back! (had some bad experiences when I accidentally typed mh ! and

Unix mbox is what mutt reads.  It can also read maildir and linux folders

> when I tried emacs for reading mail!the RMAIL thing... didn't know how to 
> get back the mail until today!)
 
 Use vm - its not bad
 
> 2. can u use multiple roles under mutt ? under pine I use different email
> ids for official/junk/mailinglists etc etc.(with different sigs et all.)

Oh yes - definitely.  See http://www.hserus.net/mua.html (and grab my muttrc
from http://www.hserus.net/muttrc.html)

> I'm using procmail to sort my mail so I don't think that should be a
> problem in switching over.
 
 no problem at all.

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