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[sindi keesan <keesan AT sdf.lonestar.org>]

I have mutt-bl2 (newer version) working on one computer, but Steven's mail 
program is NOT working there.  The mutt package replaced sendmail with one 
that does not send from /root/mail/outbox, and must have changed something 
else as well because when I type mail
6 read and write messages

~/mail/inbox:0&

? for info works
c for compose puts me back to the menu (1-7).

On the other computer mutt was not working.  It was apparently the older 
mutt bl2.  I tried to removepkg it but it was not installed as a tgz 
package for slackware.  I deleted /root/Mail/* because the two versions 
are set up different, but probably missed something else.

Both versions appear to use the same 'mutt' executable (the one that 
accidentaly got into the newer mutt BL3 package).

I tried to installpkg the newer one but it did not install.  I copied it 
to / and unpackaged with tar -zxvf and it put itself into several 
directories.  I edited something to add my From address and should 
probably edit some other . files in /root/Mail.  I tried to send a mail 
and sendmail got stuck on the pmail -o ~/Mail/_unsent line and I will have 
to kill the process and figure out what other parts of the older mutt for 
BL2 need to be removed.  (I need to untar it in some temporary place to 
see where it put files to be removed).

Now Steven's mail program is acting just like on the other computer where 
mutt works.  Goes back to the menu instead of composing.  Was some file 
used by mailz overwritten?  What does mailz use besides /root/mail/* ?

If I try to use mailz by typing mailz directly:
0 message folders loaded;  total 0 messages, 0 unread
&

If I then type c to compose a message

Dec 13 10:23:59 memo_open:  Cannot open address memo. [(null)]
Segmentation fault.

I have a working 'mail' (mailz) in the ramdisk BL2.

Steven and maybe Christof, can you look at this problem please?
I would like to be able to use both mail programs in BL2.
(I will try to at least get mutt working on this computer where I 
overwrote the old with the new version of it).

The newer Mutt bl2 replaced sendmail with lines for sending mutt mail, but 
omitted pmail -o ~/mail/outbox, which I think is needed to send mail with 
Steven's mail program.  I added this line but it still won't let me 
compose mail.  The older Mutt BL2 replaced the original sendmail with 
pmail -o ~/Mail/_outbox.  Christof should be able to fix this if someone 
will post the original sendmail file.

With the older mutt, I was unable to send mails with sendmail (from the 
mutt mail directory).  I got
'reject all target addresses, abort it'
for each of five messages.
Google found this message only at one Chinese-language site (pmail?).