Sven Guckes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> Most people do not use a mail filter. For them it is nice to
> handle both personal *and* work related mails from the mailbox.
Mutt is not, nor is it intended to be, the "Emacs" of the MUA world.
This is the Unix world, where discrete, simple tools work together to
create something greater than their sum. If you want your mail
separated, for whatever reason, then use a mail filter. It's that
simple.
> I'd like to maintain a mail filter only for filtering out spam.
So you admit that you have a mail filter, but do not want to put it to
its fullest use.
> No, mutt does not give enough support for watching folders to be
> really handy.
What? Mutt notifies me whenever any of my incoming folders has new
mail. Is that not "watching" enough? Once again, there are external
tools available, such as the wonderful xbuffy.
> In the end I want that the 'X' flag actually shows possible spams; and
> work related mails are usually not spam. ;-)
My mail filter detects spam, but instead of deleting it, it inserts the
header 'X-Status: D'. Thus, when I enter my mailbox, all the spam is
pre-marked for deletion, and I can either choose to examine it, and
undelete the occasional non-spam message (and update my mail filter to
let it pass), or simply ignore them and let them get deleted when I
close the folder.
> And then I'd like to be able to have mutt show
> "/var/mail/guckes" as eg "MAILBOX" - much shorter.
If you put mails for different purposes in different folders, your inbox
WILL be shorter. Mine certainly is.
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