* Gary Johnson on Saturday, April 07, 2012 at 14:52:27 -0700
> On 2012-04-07, Tim Johnson wrote:
>> To recap, if I tag the thread and invoke ;s
>> I get the following response
>> "Save tagged to mailbox ('?' for list): =tim"
>> If I back up the cursor and enter "~/save-thread.txt",
>> mutt creates a mailbox named save-thread.txt
>> That is not what I want.
>
> What is your 'mbox_type' variable set to? I had been assuming that
> yours was set like mine to "mbox". If 'mbox_type' is set to "mbox",
> then the mailbox that mutt creates in your example above will be a
> file named ~/save-thread.txt.
>
>> -----------------------
>> Please tell me how you would save the entire thread to one file.
>> Clearly I am not using the correct command.
>
> I think you're using the right command, but we may have overlooked
> the effect of the 'mbox_type' variable.
There is also decode-save (or decode-copy) to consider. Mutt will
still ask whether you want to save (copy) to a mailbox, but you
will actually get a readable text file.
c
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