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> Date: Thu=2C 29 Oct 2009 18:30:46 -0400
> From: pgenp...@gmail.com
> Subject: Re: Subfolders
> To: mutt-users@mutt.org
>
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> I'm still not 100% sure about what you mean by "subfolders" or "nested
> folders"=2C but I have a feeling my initial impression was correct.=20
>=20
> ......................
>
> Not sure if that's what you were missing but I certainly didn't find it
> obvious when I switched to mutt a few years ago.
>
> Gen-Paul.
>
That's a lot of very useful info Gen-Paul. I didn't know that trick with Ta=
b. Excellent.=20
I use Maildir which does make a difference.=20
The mailer that's in the back of my mind is pine (c.2007). I don't like mic=
e.=20
I've now got a setup which seems to be working. I'll describe it in case it=
helps someone
in the future. It's not quite what you suggested.=20
I have an overall plain dir ~/OVERMAIL
Inside this I have a dozen or so plain dirs=2C like
~/OVERMAIL/0DEFAULT
~/OVERMAIL/DEPT
~/OVERMAIL/ABROAD
~/OVERMAIL/COLLEAGUES
...
~/OVERMAIL/PERSONAL
~/OVERMAIL/Drafts
~/OVERMAIL/Outbound-copy
The last two are Maildirs. Each of the rest has inside it two Maildirs:
~/OVERMAIL/0DEFAULT/ACTIVE
~/OVERMAIL/0DEFAULT/PROCESSED
...
The ACTIVE Maildirs in most cases receives mail from procmail.=20
I still notice whether mail is `old' or `read' but I often have
to go back to one email several times before finishing with it
and I leave it in ACTIVE until I've finished=2C at which point I
manually shift it to PROCESSED.=A0=20
This seems to be working well for me so far. I move around the tree
just with arrow keys and enter. Procmail and mairix are happy. So am I.=20
I've benefited a lot from all the help - thanks to everyone who wrote.=20
Chas
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