On Thu, Oct 18, 2001 at 12:35:38PM -0700, Vineet Kumar (dis)graced my inbox with:
> * Manuel Hendel ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [011018 11:50]:
> > Hallo,
> >
> > I'm using the maildir mailbox format since today. I'm also using
> > procmail to filter my mails in different folders. Now I want that the
> > read mails of some folders go in one mbox and some others in another
> > mbox. I tried mbox-hook and folder-hook. But it didn't work. Has
> > anybody an idea how this could work?
>
> You just need mbox-hook. This is exactly what it's there for. From TFM:
>
> 3.10. Using Multiple spool mailboxes
>
> Usage: mbox-hook [!]pattern mailbox
>
> This command is used to move read messages from a specified mailbox to
> a different mailbox automatically when you quit or change folders.
> pattern is a regular expression specifying the mailbox to treat as a
> ``spool'' mailbox and mailbox specifies where mail should be saved
> when read.
>
> Unlike some of the other hook commands, only the first matching
> pattern is used (it is not possible to save read mail in more than a
> single mailbox).
>
> Maybe you could show us the mbox-hook command you tried and we can help
> figure out why it didn't seem to be working.
I think the problem is that he's trying to use mbox-hooks for maildir
folders, and I'm not sure that that works. they are _mbox_-hooks, after
all :)
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