On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 04:18:32PM -0500, Tim Gray wrote:
> On Feb 24, 2011 at 02:38 PM -0600, Puneet Kishor wrote:
> >I just sent an email about unified inbox. In the same vein, another
> >thing I miss is the "conversation" view of other mailers. In that, I see
> >not just incoming emails in a thread, but also the replies that I sent
> >out. That way a complete conversation makes sense, and I don't have to
> >flip between inbox and sent mail. Once again, it can be a virtual index,
> >in that the emails can (should) actually stay in their respective
> >folders, but just show up in a view, and be tagged with the name of the
> >folder in which they reside.
>
> This I can help you with. You just need to change your fcc to the
> current mailbox. I think the following command in your rc file will
> do it:
>
> folder-hook =.* 'set record=^'
>
> It sets the record to the current mail box ('set record=^') any time
> you enter any folder ('folder-hook=.*'). If I have a problem with
> the above command, maybe someone will correct me.
>
So, I am not sure what Fcc stands for, but since in my muttrc, I have
the following
folder-hook ....
record = +[Gmail]/'Sent Mail'
I am assuming Fcc specifies where to file a copy of my outgoing message.
Two things -- one, Google specifies that if I am using Gmail SMTP server
(I am) then a copy of my message is automatically filed in the 'Sent
Mail' folder. Am I forcing a duplicate copy? That said, I am interested
in keeping a copy of my messages, both incoming and outgoing, on my
laptop as well (I always imagine very plausible scenarios where I would
be disconnected from the web, yet be able to access all my email because
I would have synced a copy of everything from my IMAP store).
Second, is your solution above -- is it storing a duplicate copy of my
outgoing message in the inbox? (which, actually may be ok, as long as it
is not messing up with Google's 'Sent Mail' folder).
Ideally, I would like my index view to show all the emails in a thread,
both incoming and outgoing. The messages that I sent out would be marked
differently -- perhaps a different text color or background color.
Of course, standalone outgoing messages, that is, messages that I sent
out but that don't belong to a thread, would remain in the 'Sent Mail'
box.
I am really loving mutt. I am terrible at it. I have waaaays to go
before I get proficient at vim, and at mutt. But the speed is just
fantastic. I still don't have search working (mairix is proving to be a
pain in the butt), but that is the subject of another message.
Many thanks for your help.
> Tim
