Erik, I'm not sure I understood all your problem, but I have the feeling that you could find a solution in the concept of mutt profiles as explained here:
http://www.acoustics.hut.fi/~mara/mutt/profiles.html
Let us know.
Ciao,
Marco Fioretti
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