Getting started with 'mutt' ??

[William Case]

On Fri, 2007-03-09 at 23:51 -0500, William Case wrote:
> Hi;
> 
> I am trying to setup mutt to use as a secondary mailer.  Read the manual
> and it looks like fun.  BUT, when I try the very first thing, I can't
> read the window (gTerminal).
> 
> There is a line with a dark blue background and dark red foreground
> across the top which is unreadable.  Same on the bottom.  The top
> appears to be a menu bar or a help bar while the bottom is probably a
> status bar.  I don't see a configuration file in ~/ or /etc/.
> 
> How can I change either the foreground or background so that these top
> and bottom lines are readable?
By the way, I can view the top and bottom line of mutt in vTerm F1-6
(Colour is dark blue bg and orange fg).  However, after exiting the
vTerm and <Ctrl><Alt> F7, xwindow doesn't start and I have to re-boot.
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Regards Bill