really appreciate your help. > If you want to be more precise, you can use a modifier such as: > > ~C mutt-users@mutt.org > > to match messages with that in the To or CC headers.
I have tried that, but when I press that ~ key, mutt give me some "key is not bound. Press ? for help" message.(when I say I press the ~ key, I mean I press <shift>~ , which would give you a ~ when you do normal typing, otherwise it's just a ` ) That's weird. I have no idea why, but I guess maybe that's because of my configuration setting, part of which I copy directly from other's blog: set index_format='%-20.20L %4C [%Z] %{%b %d} %-15.15F (%?l?%4l&%4c?) %s' color index green default ~N # new color index red default ~D # deleted color index brightmagenta default ~T # tagged color index brightyellow default ~F # flagged set pager_index_lines=10 bind index,pager \Ck sidebar-prev #previous folder in sidebar bind index,pager \Cj sidebar-next #next folder in sidebar bind index,pager \CO sidebar-open #open selected folder in sidebar macro index b '<enter-command>toggle sidebar_visible<enter><refresh>' macro index \cb '<enter-command>toggle sidebar_visible<enter><refresh>' bind index d display-message bind index gg first-entry bind index G last-entry bind index h noop bind index l noop that's all of my conf that are related to index view. Anything wrong ? > > Can anyone tell me, > > ** How can I have that Thunderbird message filtering in mutt?(i.e., moving > > some messages from inbox to other mailbox according to the `To` field or > > `Cc` > > field) > > ** Is those ~ in mutt's manual(~e, ~T, ~B, etc.) stand for the <shift> > > key?(I guess so because I have tried both `~T` and `<shift>T`, and only > > `<shift>T` > > have some effect.) If that is, seriously, why can't the author just place > > something like <shift> or <S> in the manual? and what does the =, % > > prefix mean? > > No, the "~" is a literal tilde character. It does _not_ mean > <shift>. The ~T, ~B etc operators are "pattern modifiers" for use in > expressions which match messages. So: > > ~f c...@zip.com.au > > would match any message from me ("c...@zip.com.au" in the From: > header). They are case insensitive: "~t" and "~T" do different > things;> ~f doesn't work either, because the ~ is not bound(as described above) > Normal practice for mutt users is to file messages with a separate > program as they are collected. This works best with local storage: > we collect our email from the server with POP or IMAP and store in > local folders on our computers. We can walk you through setting up > such an arrangement if you decide you want to go this way. If there's some common practice I would really appreciate to hear some. Figuring it out myself is kind of hard. > If you're using GMail and wanting to keep your messages there I > would recommend setting up filter rules in GMail itself: it is > capable of autofiling new messages for you. The rules are a little > crude, but they cover the common cases. Does gmail really have that filter-move functionality? I have searched through nearly all of gmail's setting, but all I can find is something that only let you filter the inbox and get a clean view. It can't move the messages that have been filtered out to other mailbox. Or do I miss something? > who is actually wearing a black t-shirt today black t-shirt is cool, I like it and wear it every day :-) regards, Ruan