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While viewing the email list, highlight the desired mail, and press "d". The mail is now marked to be deleted. If you wish to delete it immediately, press the $ key (shift and 4). You will be prompted to confirm deletion, hit "y" to delete or "n" to cancel. Otherwise, you will be prompted to confirm deletion when you exit the program. | While viewing the email list, highlight the desired mail, and press "d". The mail is now marked to be deleted. If you wish to delete it immediately, press the $ key (shift and 4). You will be prompted to confirm deletion, hit "y" to delete or "n" to cancel. Otherwise, you will be prompted to confirm deletion when you exit the program. | ||
If you wish to undelete a mail, highlight it and press "u" | If you wish to undelete a mail, highlight it and press "u". | ||
Forwarding an email | == Forwarding an email == | ||
To send a mail you have received on to another person, highlight the mail and press "f". | |||
You'll have the same options as when you are sending a normal mail. When your editor opens, it will contain the mail you are forwarding and you may add extra text and change it if you wish, or simply leave it as it is. Save and send the message as before. | |||
When your editor opens it will contain the mail you are | |||
Save and send the message | |||
== Setting a signature == | == Setting a signature == | ||
A signature is generally a piece of text, a quote, details or whatever that people add onto the end of their mail at the bottom. You can set this permanently by creating a .signature file that gets added on to every mail you send. | |||
To create one, type: | |||
nano ~/.signature | |||
Add in whatever you'd like to be in your signature and save it. Mutt will now add this to all outgoing mails from you. | |||
Add in whatever | |||
== Exiting mutt == | == Exiting mutt == | ||
To | To quit mutt, just press the "q" key while in the mail list. If you're asked to confirm, then hit "y" or "n". | ||
== Mailboxes == | == Mailboxes == | ||
If you are using [[procmail]] and have a number of mailboxes, you should start mutt by typing "mutt -y". This will give you a list of all your mailboxes when the program starts. Simply highlight a mailbox and hit return to view it's contents. | |||
To switch to another mailbox hit "c" and enter = followed by the name of the name of the mailbox: =helpdesk. Alternatively, hit "c" and then hit "?" to see a list of all mailboxes. To return to the original mailboxes list hit the tab key. | |||
To switch to another mailbox hit "c" and enter = followed by the name of the name of the mailbox: =helpdesk | |||
Alternatively hit "c" and then hit "?" to see a list of all mailboxes | |||
To return to the original mailboxes list hit the tab key | |||