[vox-tech] mutt mailbox sorting

[Peter Jay Salzman]

begin Gabriel Rosa <grosa@ucdavis.edu> 
> 
> Hey all,
> 
> looking thru man muttrc, I notice that mutt allows you to move messages
> to different mailboxes after they're read. Is there a way to make it pre-sort
> messages to different mailboxes?
> 
> For example, I'd like to receive all vox-tech mail to one mailbox, all
> linux-kernel to another, and leave the inbox for messages directly addressed
> to me. That way if I don't read my mail for 3 days, i can just trash the
> mailing list boxes, and be done with it.
 
you just described the basic, most fundamental use of procmail.   :)

> also, is there a 'folder list' type menu, where I could pick which mailbox
> I want to read?

look at <change-folder>.

pete

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