On Tue, 2009-07-14 at 00:31 -0600, lee wrote: > Hi, > > is it possible to somehow create a display that is split up in some > way, or is there a way to assign mails to categories and fold these > categories? > > What I want to see as overview of my inbox is something like a number > of categories and the number of new messages in each category. I would > like to have the mails automatically sorted into categories by > criteria like "spam score > X" or sender, and I would like to be able > to create new categories and assign messages to them without having to > edit my ~/.muttrc. > > This is different from moving the messages into different > folders. Different folders aren't displayed in the message list, and I > don't move messages into another folder unless that folder is their > final storage. It can take quite a while before I decide what that > final storage is going to be, and the list of messages in my inbox > gets longer every day. Having foldable categories in the message list > would make dealing with the mail much easier. > > I think you get the idea ... If that isn't possible, it's a feature > request. Hm, hasn't that been requested yet? > > Or is there another MUA which can do this and work on maildir?
It may be heresy to say this on a Mutt list, but have you tried Evolution? Evolution has the ability to "tag" (not in the Mutt sense, but in a categorising sense - with an associated colour) a mail as Important (red), work (orange), personal (green), To Do (blue) or Later (purple) and the inbox can then be limited by these categories. Not quite as flexible as you want but it's a start. Moreover, Evolution has the concept of "virtual folders" which I'm afraid I don't use so I can't tell you much about them - but it may be worth a look. Of course Evolution is a (very) heavyweight GUI application and if you are used to the agility and flexibility of Mutt it may not be what you want.. Just my £0.02p Regards Mark
