Re: Hide a message?

2018-12-13 Thread Cameron Simpson
On 13Dec2018 09:29, Victor Sudakov wrote: Mihai Lazarescu wrote: On Wednesday, December 12, 2018 at 19:39:25 +0700, Victor Sudakov wrote: Is there a way to hide a message (e.g. with a certain subject) from view in a mailbox, without actually deleting it? Limit to negated pattern does not

Re: Hide a message?

2018-12-13 Thread Victor Sudakov
Cameron Simpson wrote: Is there a way to hide a message (e.g. with a certain subject) from view in a mailbox, without actually deleting it? Limit to negated pattern does not work? E.g., to see all messages *except* those with 'mutt' in subject: ! ~s mutt It does work, but as I said in

Re: Hide a message?

2018-12-13 Thread Francesco Ariis
On Thu, Dec 13, 2018 at 09:32:33PM +0700, Victor Sudakov wrote: > Thank you, Cameron, I'll probably use this solution. However, I would like > to have something like $score_threshold_hide alongside with > $score_threshold_delete and $score_threshold_read, but I see there is none. I suspect you

Re: Hide a message?

2018-12-13 Thread Victor Sudakov
Dan Ritter wrote: Is there a way to hide a message (e.g. with a certain subject) from view in a mailbox, without actually deleting it? The dovecot IMAP server keeps its folder (mailbox) metadata as a pseudo-message. When I access those mboxes locally with mutt, I see this pseudo-message but I

Re: Hide a message?

2018-12-13 Thread Derek Martin
On Thu, Dec 13, 2018 at 08:46:23AM -0800, Ian Zimmerman wrote: > On 2018-12-13 23:15, Victor Sudakov wrote: > > If I knew how to convert all this stuff to Maildir storage... Do I > > have to convert all of them at once? > > No, mutt can handle maildirs and mboxes alongside each other. It just >

Re: Hide a message?

2018-12-13 Thread Cameron Simpson
On 13Dec2018 15:20, Felix Finch wrote: On 20181214, Cameron Simpson wrote: Others have spoken of preserving attributes (read, flagged, etc). You get all of this by using mutt itself to perform the conversion. Basic scheme: - make an empty maildir - open the mbox with mutt - save all messages

Re: Hide a message?

2018-12-13 Thread Derek Martin
On Thu, Dec 13, 2018 at 11:04:08PM +0100, Michael Tatge wrote: > On 12 December 2018 13:39:25 CET, Victor Sudakov wrote: > >The dovecot IMAP server keeps its folder (mailbox) metadata as a > >pseudo-message. When I access those mboxes locally with mutt, I see > >this pseudo-message but I don't

Re: [Mutt] Re: Group reply To-vs-Cc recipients

2018-12-13 Thread Derek Martin
On Tue, Dec 11, 2018 at 06:41:17PM -0800, Kevin J. McCarthy wrote: > On Tue, Dec 11, 2018 at 06:23:11PM -0600, Derek Martin wrote: > >On Tue, Dec 11, 2018 at 09:51:08AM -0800, Kevin J. McCarthy wrote: > >>But the "reason" supplied by the RFC, which I snipped to emphasize, > >>is a bit weak. > > >

Re: Hide a message?

2018-12-13 Thread Michael Tatge
Might be a silly question, but why do that in the first place? I presume imap is accessible locally. On 12 December 2018 13:39:25 CET, Victor Sudakov wrote: >The dovecot IMAP server keeps its folder (mailbox) metadata as a >pseudo-message. When I access those mboxes locally with mutt, I see

Re: Hide a message?

2018-12-13 Thread Felix Finch
On 20181214, Cameron Simpson wrote: > Others have spoken of preserving attributes (read, flagged, etc). You get > all of this by using mutt itself to perform the conversion. Basic scheme: > > - make an empty maildir > - open the mbox with mutt > - save all messages to the maildir > - close mutt >

Re: [Mutt] Re: Group reply To-vs-Cc recipients

2018-12-13 Thread Derek Martin
On Wed, Dec 12, 2018 at 01:18:04PM +1100, Erik Christiansen wrote: > On 11.12.18 17:52, Derek Martin wrote: > > On Tue, Dec 11, 2018 at 10:37:02PM +, Nuno Silva wrote: > > > > Yes, I did not think I needed to say this explicity, but it also > > > > explains why: Because that usage is the one

Re: Hide a message?

2018-12-13 Thread Victor Sudakov
Ian Zimmerman wrote: I have over 400 mboxes in my ~/Mail directory, some of them being mailing list archives, others being Usenet groups archives, or mboxes inherited from my decommissioned CommuniGate server. My dovecot configuration is simple: "mail_location =

Re: Hide a message?

2018-12-13 Thread Erik Christiansen
On 13.12.18 22:05, Patrick Shanahan wrote: > mbox still serves my needs and has never failed me. why would I want to > invest time and effort to change to something (anything) else? maildir > does not "work better" as I can see. +1 I've used mbox exclusively since the days of SunOS4.1.3 or a

Re: Hide a message?

2018-12-13 Thread Victor Sudakov
Michael Tatge wrote: On 12 December 2018 13:39:25 CET, Victor Sudakov wrote: The dovecot IMAP server keeps its folder (mailbox) metadata as a pseudo-message. When I access those mboxes locally with mutt, I see this pseudo-message but I don't want to. Might be a silly question, but why do

Re: Hide a message?

2018-12-13 Thread Cameron Simpson
On 13Dec2018 18:26, derek martin wrote: On Thu, Dec 13, 2018 at 08:46:23AM -0800, Ian Zimmerman wrote: On 2018-12-13 23:15, Victor Sudakov wrote: > If I knew how to convert all this stuff to Maildir storage... Do I > have to convert all of them at once? No, mutt can handle maildirs and mboxes

Re: Hide a message?

2018-12-13 Thread Cameron Simpson
On 14Dec2018 11:40, Victor Sudakov wrote: Kurt, once you've mentioned it. How do I create a maildir folder from within mutt if my default $mbox_type is mbox? When I want to create a new folder "foo", I tag some messages and save them to =foo, mutt asks whether to create "foo" but creates it

Re: Hide a message?

2018-12-13 Thread Tim Chase
On 2018-12-13 11:23, Jude DaShiell wrote: > maildir if I remember correctly has an inc command once you get it > set up. It looks for an mbox file and does the conversion of that > mbox file for you and loads the mail into the mail directories for > you. This sounds like mh/nmh (which has an

Re: Hide a message?

2018-12-13 Thread Cameron Simpson
On 13Dec2018 23:15, Victor Sudakov wrote: I have over 400 mboxes in my ~/Mail directory, some of them being mailing list archives, others being Usenet groups archives, or mboxes inherited from my decommissioned CommuniGate server. My dovecot configuration is simple: "mail_location =

Re: Hide a message?

2018-12-13 Thread Kurt Hackenberg
On 12/13/18 11:15 AM, Victor Sudakov wrote: Dan Ritter wrote: That doesn't happen in Maildir storage. Is it reasonable to switch from mbox to maildir? An interesting idea! In my opinion, it's always a good idea to convert from mbox to something that works better. On Unix systems, maildir

Re: Hide a message?

2018-12-13 Thread Kurt Hackenberg
On 12/13/18 11:46 AM, Ian Zimmerman wrote: On 2018-12-13 23:15, Victor Sudakov wrote: I have over 400 mboxes in my ~/Mail directory, some of them being mailing list archives, others being Usenet groups archives, or mboxes inherited from my decommissioned CommuniGate server. My dovecot

Re: Hide a message?

2018-12-13 Thread Jude DaShiell
maildir if I remember correctly has an inc command once you get it set up. It looks for an mbox file and does the conversion of that mbox file for you and loads the mail into the mail directories for you. On Thu, 13 Dec 2018, Victor Sudakov wrote: > Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2018 11:15:52 > From:

Re: Hide a message?

2018-12-13 Thread Ian Zimmerman
On 2018-12-13 23:15, Victor Sudakov wrote: > I have over 400 mboxes in my ~/Mail directory, some of them being > mailing list archives, others being Usenet groups archives, or mboxes > inherited from my decommissioned CommuniGate server. > > My dovecot configuration is simple: "mail_location =

Re: Hide a message?

2018-12-13 Thread Patrick Shanahan
* Kurt Hackenberg [12-13-18 12:40]: > On 12/13/18 11:15 AM, Victor Sudakov wrote: > > > Dan Ritter wrote: > > > That doesn't happen in Maildir storage. Is it reasonable to > > > switch from mbox to maildir? > > > > An interesting idea! > > In my opinion, it's always a good idea to convert from

Re: Hide a message?

2018-12-13 Thread Victor Sudakov
Kurt Hackenberg wrote: [dd] You can convert mbox to maildir through Mutt, since it can read and write both. Read an mbox folder, copy all its message to a new maildir folder. Kurt, once you've mentioned it. How do I create a maildir folder from within mutt if my default $mbox_type is mbox?