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scrawler

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Registered: 2005-06-07

Posts: 318

mutt with qzip patch

Hey guys,

I'd like to use gzip with mutt.

I've only tried applying a patch with a PKGBUILD a couple of times, and never did get the hang of it. 
Here is the PKGBUILD, and here is the patch.

Little help, please?  :-)

codemac

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From: Cliche Tech Place

Registered: 2005-05-13

Posts: 794

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Re: mutt with qzip patch

You may want to consider using muttng instead of mutt.  The PKGBUILD also has a lot more patching in the build(), so you could probably use the examples to your benefit.

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scrawler

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Registered: 2005-06-07

Posts: 318

Re: mutt with qzip patch

Thanks. 

I thought of that, and even tried it--but I had some problems converting my mutt config to muttng.  There's a perl conversion script floating around somewhere, but it didn't do anything that I could tell.  If no one has a magic wand they can wave over my .muttrc and .mutt/ directory, I'll look at the muttng PKGBUILD for patching hints.

magic wand?  anyone?

scrawler

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Registered: 2005-06-07

Posts: 318

Re: mutt with qzip patch

forget the wand.  I was almost successful with my patching attempt, but not quite, so I just got muttng.  I must not have been holding my mouth right or something the first time I tried, because it was easy.  Gzipped mailboxes are great.

I just sqeezed a 14 meg mbox file down to 3.9 megs, and mutt treats it just like a regular mailbox.  Nice.

mucknert

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From: Berlin // Germany

Registered: 2006-06-27

Posts: 510

Re: mutt with qzip patch

Little bit OT:
Could someone enlighten me about the current status of the muttng-Developement? Is it still "dead" or back running?

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