1. Create a .procmailrc file in your home directory if you don't already have one. An example .procmailrc file is included as procmail.rc Make sure the following rule is near the top where it will be run on every incoming message: #Label every incoming message as "New" :0 fhw | formail -I "Status: N" 2. Copy ./buffy.rc to .buffyrc in your home directory. Change FOLDER_LIST to a list of the mail folders you want to use mcount and mview with. An example is provided. You may also wish to turn on the bold feature using the USE_BOLD directive. This may require you to figure out how to get your terminal's bold and unbold characters. 3. Copy archive, mcount, and mview to your ~/bin directory. I recommend including mcount in your .login as well.