Terrific! Thank you very much. I like the cat method best. I should have thought of just using the editor.
It's getting started that's the hardest. Chas ---------------------------------------- > Date: Fri, 5 Sep 2008 09:54:09 -0500 > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Basic questions from newbie > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Friday, September 5 at 02:42 PM, quoth Charles Howard: >> How do I export emails to text files in the current or another dir ? >> I mean the message headers and body as plain text, not attachments. >> >> `Export' is pine terminology for this. Is there a different word in mutt? > > I don't know that there's an explicit word for doing this, but the way > I would do it is via (usually bound to the | key). With > that binding, here's what I'd type: > > |cat> foo.txt > > Exactly what ends up in foo.txt depends on the $pipe_decode setting. > > Another way to do it is to set $mbox_type to "mbox" and then save (or > copy) the message to foo.txt (when mutt asks, tell it that yes you > want to create the mailbox). Granted, it'll technically be in mbox > format, but for a single message, that's essentially exactly what you > want. > > Another way to do it is to use the message editor (usually bound to > the e key). Once the message is loaded up in your favorite text > editor, you can save it wherever you like. > > I guarantee there are several other ways to do it. But there's no > direct "save this message as a txt file" command, if that's what > you're after; though you can create one with a macro if you need it. > > Does that answer your question? > > ~Kyle > - -- > To sin by silence when they should protest makes cowards of men. > -- Abraham Lincoln > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Comment: Thank you for using encryption! > > iEYEARECAAYFAkjBSBEACgkQBkIOoMqOI17mXACgoVhdFZ2gCZTY3OSWrN6suzBT > DJ8AnjgRpG3+jBi7A7VjYjbfWxmgQ/9+ > =9rAE > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _________________________________________________________________ Discover Bird's Eye View now with Multimap from Live Search http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/111354026/direct/01/
