On Sat, Jan 06, 2001 at 07:20:13PM -0800 or so it is rumoured hereabouts,
Mike E thought:
> * sVennieboy ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> >
> > I was wondering if it is possible to automatically move "old" mail
> > (say, older than a month) from my inbox to a different folder
> > (inbox.old for example). Pine does this, and I think it's usefull to
> > prevent my HD filling up with old mail (and not having to delete every
> > mail myself).
>
> I don't know of any way to do this w/ just mutt, but you could easly
> write a script to do it. Check out some of the many CPAN modules (for
> perl) that allow you to do complex operations on mailspools:
> http://cpan.valueclick.com/modules/by-category/19_Mail_and_Usenet_News/Mail/
>
> Mike
I can do it (assuming, that is, that a macro can pause for input though)
macro index esc-A <tag-pattern>[pause for input here, looks like ~d
-dd/mm]<copy-message>=Archive/mbox.old<enter><delete-message><resync>
Can a macro pause for input? I suspect not
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