* Matthias Weiss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002-03-26 19:11]:
> What do I gain from this when I have 3 mailing list
> on one and another 4 lists on the other account?

"IMAP"

> > > I'd like mutt to check whether a mail came from a mailing
> > > list and display only those mail at ones that belong to
> > > the same mailing list. I'd then want to switch between
> > > the list with some key command.
> > You can acheive this, although I personally prefer sorting
> > and threading to make this less configuration specific.
> Don't understand what you mean. *HOW* can I achieve this?

RTFM!

> > > When I end my mutt session I'd want mutt to store the
> > > read mails in seperate mail boxes, each for every mailing
> > > list I'm subscribed.
> > You can do this with save hooks, but you'll
> > have to manually save after reading.
> you mean I have to save manually every mail??? 8-|

No.

> > > Those remaining mails that don't belong to a mailing
> > > list should be moved to a general list.
> > Move them to a readmail folder, for example, this can be done.
> How?

filtering

> > > Is that possible with mutt and if yes how can I do this???
> > Too many ways to skin a cat. Do it with the dog ;-) or do it with
> > fetchmail, with procmail perhaps. Depending on how important it is for all
> > this to be automatic, and whether or not you will ever access your mail
> > with another client / via webmail, will guide the decisions.
> I'm getting approx. 130 mails every day, so this *IS* important for me.
> Maybe I can do something with my mta (postfix) to splitt
> the mails up into several inboxes. Don't know why,
> but I always thought this is the job of my mailclient.

Wrong

> > I think mutt should be left for reading your mail and moving it
> > about, but automating things /before/ you even read the mail
> > (moving unread messages into folders dependent on address sent to,
> > etc) might be better acheived with something like procmail.
> Well, I actually don't care what part of the mail system
> is doing the job. I want to have a solution that
> helps me handling this amount of everyday mails.

yeah

> > > Then I have a question regarding address books -
> > > is there support for something alike in mutt??
> > There are aliases, which allow you to have nicknames for all your
> > contacts, and these can be browsable. However, name, address,
> > telephone and all that is outside the scope of aliases in mutt.
> It's all I need, I'll try this.

good

> > > Ps.: could you please CC me answers cause I'm not on the list.
> > I didn't think this list could be posted to by non members.
> It can't, but my mail was forwarded to the mailing list maintainer
> so it appeared even so.  I know that being not a member of a list
> and mailing to it is bad habit, nevertheless I hope you excuse it,
> one more mailing list and I drown in mails, sorry!

done.

Sven

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