diff --git a/emacs/mu4e.texi b/emacs/mu4e.texi index d44c21c1..50c6a0a2 100644 --- a/emacs/mu4e.texi +++ b/emacs/mu4e.texi @@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ using a local mail-server (such as @emph{Postfix} or @t{qmail}), you can teach them to deliver into a maildir as well, maybe in combination with @t{procmail}. A bit of googling should be able to provide you with the details; also there is full example of setting @t{mu4e} up with -@t{offlineimap} and Gmail; @pxref{Gmail configuration}. +@t{offlineimap} and GMail; @pxref{GMail configuration}. You can do all of the mail retrieval @emph{outside} of @t{emacs}/@t{mu4e}, but you can also do it from within @t{mu4e}. For that, set the variable @@ -488,15 +488,20 @@ Some notes to explain what you see in the example: @itemize @item The fields shown in the headers view can be influenced by customizing -the variable @t{mu4e-headers-fields} -@item You can change the date format by customizing the variable -@t{mu4e-headers-date-format} +the variable @code{mu4e-headers-fields} +@item Instead of showing the @t{From:} and @t{To:} fields separately, you +can use From/To (@t{:from-or-to} in @code{mu4e-headers-fields} as a more +compact way to convey the most important information: it shows @t{From:} +@emph{except} when the e-mail was sent by the user (i.e., you) - in that case +it shows @t{To:} (prefixed by @t{To}, as in the example above). To determine +whether a message was sent by you, @t{mu4e} uses the variable +@code{mu4e-user-mail-address-regexp}, which should be a regular expression +matching all the e-mail addresses that you use. @item The letters in the 'Flags' field correspond to the following: D=draft, F=flagged, N=new, P=passed (i.e.., forwarded), R=replied, S=seen, T=trashed, a=has-attachment, x=encrypted, s=signed, u=unread. -@item The From/To field shows the sender of the message unless the sender -matches the regular expression in @t{mu4e-user-mail-address-regexp}, in -which the header will show @t{To} followed by the recipient. +@item You can change the date format by customizing the variable +@t{mu4e-headers-date-format} @item The subject field displays the discussion threads according to the @emph{JWZ mail threading algorithm}@footnote{@url{http://www.jwz.org/doc/threading.html}}. @end itemize