1999-07-19-10:31:32 Chris Green:
> I have mutt set up and working on my RedHat Linux system using qmail
> and maildir format mailboxes. How can I save an E-Mail message in
> 'not a maildir' format when, for example, I want to import it into
> another program? I know I can find the text in the maildir but it's
> messy and there's more junk to get rid of afterwards as well.
There are different ways. You can change the default for the remainder of your
current mutt session by typing
:set mbox_type=mbox
The ":" will take you down to a command-line input at the bottom of the
screen, where you can type most any of the sorts of commands that can go in
$HOME/.muttrc.
I often want to just save one or two messages in mbox format; for that, I find
it easier to go
|formail>>foldername
formail will add the "From " line if needed.
-Bennett
