On Fri, Nov 19, 1999 at 02:39:01PM +0200, Mikko Hänninen wrote:
> Chris Green <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on Fri, 19 Nov 1999:
> > So, does mutt already have some way of creating an easy to use alias
> > for a long mailbox name that can be used with the 'c', 's' and 'C'
> > commands (and no doubt others)?
>
> No, not yet anyway.
>
Pity! :-)
> > If not then I would like to add this
> > to the wishlist please.
>
> How about macro-ing all the common IMAP folders?
>
This is possible but it's not particularly flexible as I'd have to
edit the .muttrc file every time I created a new folder.
The essential problem when moving around a number of folders is that
one may not always remember the names exactly (which is where a GUI
helps!).
What I think is needed (or at least what I need) is:-
1 - An easy way to get to read mail in IMAP folders. This could be
done fairly easily with a macro. The macro could either go direct
to the folder or could get a listing by doing a 'c' command (e.g.
'c{mailandnews.co.uk}') and then one can select the folder to look
at quite easily.
2 - An easy way to save/copy mail to an IMAP folder without having to
type in the whole server and folder name. For frequently used
IMAP folders this could be a macro doing the whole thing (e.g.
's{mailandnews.co.uk}friends/anne' but what about the case where I
want to save a message and can't remember the exact name of the
folder? What one wants is a way to get to a folder list after
executing the 's' or 'C' command. For example if it was possible
to enter 's{mailandnews.co.uk}?' to get a list of folders to save
to.
However an easy way to alias {mailandnews.co.uk} to something shorter
for use in commands would also help a lot in the above scenarios and
would be a more generally useful solution I think.
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