Configuration Data Types
Boolean
Variables of this type may be set
or unset, but may not be set with a
value.
String
String varibles may be set.
Note: If the string contains whitespace (SPACE or TAB),
it must be enclosed in quote (") characters.
Examples:
set folder=~me/.mail
set realname="Michael Elkins"
Format strings are like Strings, except that you can use the escape sequences
(\n = newline, \r = carriage-return, \t = tab, \f = formfeed), you can
escape characters with backslash (\) and you can make use of special
sequences which provide information about the current message.
The sequences are similar to those of C's printf() statement.
The currently defined sequences are:
- %a
- Address of the author
- %c
- Number of characters (bytes) in the message
- %d
- Date and time of the message
- %L
- list-from function
Mutt searches the recipients of the message for strings matching those given
by the lists and will print "To <list>"
or "Cc <list>" instead of the author of the message if it finds a match.
Otherwise, it will just print the from address.
- %f
- Entire From: line (address + real name)
- %i
- Message-ID of the current message
- %M
- Three-letter abbreviation for the month
- %m
- Number of the month (1-12)
- %n
- Real (personal) name of author
- %N
- Number of the day of the month
- %s
- Subject of the message
- %u
- user (login) name of the author
- %y
- Last two digits of the year
- %Y
- Year
Example:
set in_reply_to="%i;\n\tfrom \"%n\" on %d"
Last updated on April 12, 1995.