ASSUME that your username on your computer is 'username' and your email address is you@isp.com.au, then edit these lines below for that data and shove them into $HOME/.muttrc # local configuration file for Mutt # for handling mime types see ~/.mailcap set editor=vi [ or set editor=nano if you do not use 'vi'] set folder=~/Mail set copy=yes set postponed="~/Mail/postponed" set spoolfile=/var/spool/mail/username set mbox=~/mbox my_hdr From: "You" set sort=threads set edit_headers set record="=sentmail" unset write_bcc unset bounce_delivered