modifying what gets displayed in the "index" of emails: how?

[David Combs]

I am a member of several quite-active listservs.

The way I look at the emails from a given list is to
"l" (ell) that list, eg ~s its-name;

Thus, on the index I'm looking at, *all* the emails are
from that list.

eg:

listname who is the boss
listname RE who is the boss
listname RE who is the boss

and so forth.

Again, *everything* will be from the same listname. What I'd like
to see in that column is the name of the person who *sent* the
email.

With that, I'll be better able to direct which emails I'll
actually read.

So, my question is, how to specify that the index
display what *I* want, instead of the default.

Thanks!

David

[Michael Wagner]

Hello David,

you must change the 'index_format'. I have this in my muttrc:

# In local folders display lines of the mail:
folder-hook . \ 'set index_format="%2N %4C %Z %[!%d.%m.%y] %-15.15F \
(%?M?#%3M&%4l?)%?X?[%X]? %s"'

# In IMAP folders display KByte (because lines are not available):
folder-hook ^imap \ 'set index_format="%2N %4C %Z %[!%d.%m.%y] %-15.15F \
(%?M?C%3M&%4c?)%?X?[%X]? %s"'

Hth Michael

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[T.J. Higgins]

In article <hc9vu8$g6s$1...@panix3.panix.com>, David Combs wrote:
>Again, *everything* will be from the same listname. What I'd like
>to see in that column is the name of the person who *sent* the
>email.

I have this in my .muttrc to solve that exact problem:

# This will show the author's name rather than the list name
# when the message is from a known or subscribed mailing list.
set index_format="%4C %Z %{%b %d} %-15.15F (%4l) %s"

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TJH

tjhiggin.at.hiwaay.dot.net

[David Combs]

In article <slrnhehemm.rr...@workstation.debianwalf.dyndns.org>,

Thanks much to both of you!

David