* Jon Clausen
I get similar results on my systems, when doing the above. So that explains why the .muttrc 'set wrapmargin' doesn't take effect, because obviously -72 is invalid.
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But I'm a bit puzzled why it works for Patrick (and Leendert)
Is it a difference between the SUSE versions (I'm on 8.2 still)?
I use mutt in xterm in SuSE 9.0.
Or do (did) you export $COLUMNS manually?
no. Did you try 'set wrapmargin=XX' where XX is some char distance from the right margin? The 'columns' formula gives you a consistant line length regardless of term/screen width but will still cause odd wraps at less than the XX ( $COLUMNS - XX ) integer, whereas the notation above will give a consistant wrap from the right margin in all term/screens wider than XX. I have used both but personally prefer the first. -- Patrick Shanahan Registered Linux User #207535 http://wahoo.no-ip.org @ http://counter.li.org HOG # US1244711 Photo Album: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/photos