Ralph Angenendt wrote: > David Mackintosh wrote: >> Hiya folks, >> So. Clearly I have something set incorrectly so that Mutt (and/or the >> terminal I am using) do not understand the special characters. Can >> anyone point me in the right direction to find the answer as to how to >> fix this so that I can ditch Thunderbird and go back to Mutt? > > It works for me with "TERM=gnome mutt". > Doesn't work. I probably should have mentioned that I see this problem in these terminals: - putty on windows - xterm on linux - gnome-terminal on linux - multi-gnome-terminal on linux - linux on linux (ie logged into the console) Doing an export TERM=vt100 before invoking mutt sometimes, but not always, can make some of these problems go away (but not this one). This is an example of what I am seeing: http://www.xdroop.com/img/mutt-terminal-drippings.jpg -- -- /\oo/\ / /()\ \ David Mackintosh | dave at xdroop.com