Jussi, et al -- ...and then Jussi Ekholm said... % % Rocco Rutte <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: % > * [EMAIL PROTECTED] [05/28/02 04:41:37 CEST] wrote: % >> In .muttrc I have: "mailboxes +IN-foobarA +IN-foobarB" % >> and also: "mbox-hook =IN-foorbarA =foobarA" etc. ... % % This is probably a stupid question, but I'll ask it anyway because it % has been bothering me since I first subscribed to mutt-user. ;-)
Not stupid :-) % % What's the thing with mailboxes with filename starting with IN (whoa, % three "with"'s in a row, $$ JACKPOT $$!)? Is it some sort of standard % for some mailbox format or what? I'd really want to know, so bear with % me... It's just a convention, rather than anything as lofty as a standard, and when folks see it they often take it up for themselves. When I started working with email I simply used =F.* for 'f'olders that caught list mail; my mutt-users (and mutt-rpm and mutt-announce, BTW) mail comes into =F.mutt, while my fcc copy is =mutt-users (or =mutt-rpm). When I started doing some organizing, I made 'd'irectories like =D.UGA for school stuff and =D.work for work stuff (with, in fact D.* directories thereunder for particular jobs, like =D.work/D.SAP for SAP America or =D.PFE for Pfizer and so on), and I have F.* folders in there for work-related mailing lists. It's just another way to do the same thing: keep a handle on the huge mess of email :-) Were I using an =IN* structure, I'd then be more set up to have an =OUT structure for posts to lists, too; at the moment I have a collision between =support, where I put all generic support-related email I send off to various companies, and [EMAIL PROTECTED] (a dorky name for a mailing list if ever there were one!). For now I've just directed that list mail into my main freenet folder's fcc via a hook (which would be required, in one way or another, for =OUT* anyway) but I'm thinking of an =Lists directory where I have the F.* incoming and * outgoing folders (old habits die hard :-) You can also check back in the archives for various posts talking about organizing mail folders and such. Lots of people have tried various methods, each with their merits but none sufficiently perfect to take over the world :-) % % -- % Jussi Ekholm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | GNU/Linux user number 269376 % http://erppimaa.cjb.net/~ekhowl/ | GnuPG Public Key ID: 1410081E HTH & HAND :-D -- David T-G * It's easier to fight for one's principles (play) [EMAIL PROTECTED] * than to live up to them. -- fortune cookie (work) [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.justpickone.org/davidtg/ Shpx gur Pbzzhavpngvbaf Qrprapl Npg!
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