On Thu, 31 Jan 2002, Philip Mak wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 31, 2002 at 07:25:41PM +0100, Adam Byrtek wrote:
> > On Thu, Jan 31, 2002 at 01:03:32PM -0500, Philip Mak wrote:
> > > So, it makes sense for me to keep my inbox clean so that it only
> > > contains messages that I still have to "do something" about. Any
> > > messages that I have finished, I move them into my "done" folder.
> >
> > folder-hook mbox "macro index d '<save-message>=archive\n' 'archive message'"
> > folder-hook mbox "macro pager d '<save-message>=archive\n' 'archive message'"
> >
> > But I'm not sure is this what are you looking for. If you want to, you
> > could add 'synchronize' at the end of this macro, but I prefer not to
> > - I tend to delete sometimes some mail by mistake.
> That's not quite what I wanted to do. I wouldn't want to save *every*
> message to the archive (some messages are not useful to keep around,
> e.g. spam etc.).
> Making a hook macro to save the message to the archive mailbox would
> make it slightly faster, but the synchronize part is also a problem.
> Right now, in order to make the moved message disappear immediately
> from the message listing, I would have to synchronize, which would
> also delete any messages (and also takes a second or two; synchronize
> is not instantaneous).
> I suspect what I'm talking about would not be possible without hacking
> the mutt source code. Anyone have ideas on how to do this (and how
> many other people are interested in having such a feature? :).
Have you tried to simply set the color for deleted messages to black on
black (or whatever bg color you are using)?
Here's what I have in mine:
color index black black "~D" # Deleted
It's quick, easy to set up, and removes it from sight. Then once you
are done, you can synchronise your box, and get rid of them.
--
Knute
You live, You die. Enjoy the interval!
-- Clarence
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