Hi Robert, * Robert Dyer <42possibletr...@googlemail.com> [28. Oct. 2011]:
> I have now successfully set up mutt as my email client, but have three > issues remaining. They are listed below in order of increasing > seriousness. > 1) I have successfully set up macros for limiting the number of emails > I see, but would like to be able to have a default limiting expression > for when I first start mutt. how about (untested) push "<limit>~A<enter>" "see all" in your muttrc? > 2) I have placed all my emails in one maildir structure but would like > to back them up independently. I.e. 'cp'ing them only if the sender or > receiver had a particular address. This would have to be > scriptable. Uhhh. That's problematic since it's not easy to catch all cases. I'd do this on the level of the MDA (procmail). Therefore I'd match on the Delivered-To: header. > 3) I have set up several configuration files and made a maildir > structure but feel uncomfortable leaving my emails settings, e.g. > passwords, and messages in plain text files that anyone could read. I > have nothing to hide but feel this is insecure. See other answer, I don't have experience with this. Ciao, Gregor -- -... --- .-. . -.. ..--.. ...-.-