Quoting Shao Zhang ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > David Wright [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > However, ~/Mail has over 3000 folders already, and I simply cannot > > > afford mutt to scan this directory at all. Therefore, the following > > > won't work for me: > > > > > > mailboxes = ~/mail/Inbox > > > set folder = ~/Mail > > > > Why not. Again I repeat, what happens when you press "s"? Does the
an "s" ---------------------------------------------------^ > > session lock up for several seconds. Does the disk thrash? > > If I press c for change folder and followed by 4 TABs, then the first a "c" -------------^ > TAB mutt will give me a default folder with new msg in it, the second > TAB mutt will give me a complete name of that folder, and the third TAB > mutt will give me a list of folders specified in mailboxes, and the > fourth TAB mutt will give me a list of folders specified in $folder. > > Since my $folder is very large as I said above, I don't want mutt to > scan > this directory at all. I'm sorry to have joined in this thread. We're obviously talking at cross-purposes. Cheers, -- Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: +44 1908 653 739 Fax: +44 1908 655 151 Snail: David Wright, Earth Science Dept., Milton Keynes, England, MK7 6AA Disclaimer: These addresses are only for reaching me, and do not signify official stationery. Views expressed here are either my own or plagiarised.
