Re: [PLUG] mutt question

[Stephen Gran <steve@lobefin.net>]

On Wed, Dec 22, 2004 at 08:54:14PM -0500, eric@lucii.org said:
> Hey mutt experts!  I've got a question:
> 
> I modified my index_format for the folder "sent" so I can see who I 
> sent the email to rather than who it's from (me.)
> 
> This is what I did in my .muttrc file:
> 
> folder-hook . set    index_format='"%4C %Z %{%b %d} %-15.15L (%4l) %s"'
> folder-hook sent set index_format='"%4C %Z %{%b %d} %-20.20t (%4l) %s"'
> 
> Unfortunately, the %-20.20t format gives me the start of the "To:" line
> which includes the "To: " part.  Is there anyway to truncate the first
> three or four characters of the "to" line?

I use:

folder-hook =sentbox 'set index_format="%4C %Z %{%b%d} %-20.20F(%4c) %s"'

as %F is "author name, or recipient name if the message is from you"

This means setting alternates to all of your email addresses, however.
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