mutt command

Micky12345 · 03-03-2012, 07:18 AM

by default mails received using mutt will be saved inside
/var/spool/mail/$user

if i want to change that
that means i want to save the receiving messages in other file then how can i do that

lucmove · 03-03-2012, 07:41 AM

Open your ~/.mutt/muttrc file and add this line:

set spoolfile="$HOME/Mail/inbox"

That's just an example, of course. Everything past the 'equals' symbol can be any file or directory you want.

Micky12345 · 03-03-2012, 08:10 AM

how to open ~/.mutt/muttrc file

is it using cat

lucmove · 03-03-2012, 08:16 AM

No, 'cat' just shows you the content of the file. You will need a text editor. You should probably use pico, nano or mcedit. Those are command-line based editors. You can also use any other GUI-based editor, like Leafpad, Kate, Kedit, Gedit, you name it.

Micky12345 · 03-03-2012, 02:55 PM

if u don't mind can u be more specific

how to write it on the command line

thnx in advance

lucmove · 03-03-2012, 03:02 PM

Code:

$ pico ~/.mutt/muttrc

OR

Code:

$ nano ~/.mutt/muttrc

Write, save, close, and run mutt again.

Micky12345 · 03-07-2012, 07:09 PM

but when i opened mutt using nano and wrote set spoolfile then i got an error that

[Error writting /home/ADMIN/.mutt/muttrc:No such file or directory ]

Micky12345 · 03-10-2012, 03:59 AM

plz.......... anyone plz help
very urgent

TB0ne · 03-10-2012, 08:58 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Micky12345

plz.......... anyone plz help
very urgent

Spell out your words. And we volunteer our time here, so don't tell us to hurry up...this isn't urgent for anyone here.

You were given the solution above. What part did you not understand?

You saw an error message that said the file didn't exist. Now, think about it for a second: mutt won't work, because the file was missing. You are CREATING the file, and adding the line you were told to add in the VERY FIRST REPLY. Once you do that, and save your work, you will have CREATED the missing file.

lucmove · 03-10-2012, 11:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Micky12345

but when i opened mutt using nano and wrote set spoolfile then i got an error that

[Error writting /home/ADMIN/.mutt/muttrc:No such file or directory ]

Are you sure you know how to use nano? You need to open the file with it, even if the file doesn't exist. If the file doesn't exist, it will be created when you issue the command to save it. You can either issue the command to save it or the command to exit nano. If you choose to exit nano, it will ask you if you want to save the file, and if you say YES, the file will be created.

If that's too difficult to you, try it with another text editor.

Micky12345 · 03-11-2012, 08:16 PM

sorry for the trouble

i did in the following way....
on the command prompt i type

Code:

nano ~/.mutt/muttrc

then i got another window where i typed

Code:

set spoolfile="$HOME/Mail/inbox"

then i did ctrl + X to exit so asked for saving

i said yes

so i got a mesg saying
File Name t oWrite : /home/ADMIN/.mutt/muttrc

i pressed enter
so i got an error saying

[Error writting /home/ADMIN/.mutt/muttrc:No such file or directory ]

if u don't mind plz help

TB0ne · 03-12-2012, 09:41 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Micky12345

sorry for the trouble
i did in the following way....on the command prompt i type

Code:

nano ~/.mutt/muttrc

then i got another window where i typed

Code:

set spoolfile="$HOME/Mail/inbox"

then i did ctrl + X to exit so asked for saving i said yes so i got a mesg saying
File Name t oWrite : /home/ADMIN/.mutt/muttrc

i pressed enter so i got an error saying
[Error writting /home/ADMIN/.mutt/muttrc:No such file or directory ]

if u don't mind plz help

Again, you need to SPELL OUT YOUR WORDS. It's "you" not "u", "please" not "plz".

Is your user ID ADMIN? Are you running that command as root? If not, you are only going to be able to write to your own home directory, and also be aware that Linux is case sensitive..."/home/admin" is NOT the same as "/home/ADMIN", so if you entered that manually, check the case.

If you want to get even simpler, since this seems a bit much for you, try:

Code:

echo "set spoolfile=\"$HOME/Mail/inbox\"" > ~/.mutt/muttrc

Which will do nothing but put that ONE LINE into the muttrc file, creating it in the process

lucmove · 03-14-2012, 01:07 PM

Maybe you don't have the .mutt directory. Create it:

# mkdir -p /home/ADMIN/.mutt

Then try again.

Note that Linux is a case-sensitive operating system. You could have /home/ADMIN and /home/admin at the same time, and they would be completely different, unrelated items. You probably just have one, and most people use lowercase, so check if your home directory is indeed /home/ADMIN and not /home/admin.