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
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