On Wed, Nov 02, 2016 at 08:08:32AM +0500, Mihail Konev wrote:
> Hi list,
>
> What is the supposed way of keeping messages from a mailing list in a
> dedicated folder?
>
> Right now I'm using
>
> folder-hook +INBOX 'macro index \Cw "T~h \"To:
> mailing-list\"<return>;s\Cu=mailing-list<return><return>$<return>"'
>
>
> i.e. tag everything "To: mailing-list", then move all tagged messages to
> "=mailing-list" folder.
>
> Which works for a single list.
>
> But this looks improper, unreliable,
> and unefficient (has to purge messages for every list; requires to press
> Ctrl-W).
>
> I tried appending a second "T~h...$<return>" for a different list,
> but this shuffled message destinations (were it typos, bugs, or whatever).
>
> This just seems not to be the intended way.
I have a dedicated Python script (run from ~/.forward) to do this.
It's designed so that simply adding an entry to a config file for a
mailing list does everthing that's required:-
Directs mailing list messages to a dedicated folder
Creates an alias for sending mail to the mailing list
Adds the list to 'subscribe' and 'list' in muttrc
Does various extras like removing [mailing list name] from the subject line
--
Chris Green
