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

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