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> set     folder          =~/.mail
> set     mbox            =~/.mail/inbox
> set     postponed       =~/.mail/postponed
> set     record          =~/.mail/outbox
> set     spoolfile       =~/.mail/inbox
> 
> Now, when it comes to moving it every month - mutt is constantly
> fighting against mail client bloat, so if you ask about this on one of
> the mutt mailing lists, the official answer is:
> 
> "Use cron, it's designed to do things exactly like this, it works, and
> it means we don't have to inflate the mail client anymore."
> 
> So basically, just set up a quick monthly cron job that moves your
> sent-mail folder out of the way and touches a new one.

  thanks for the hot tip.  now how do i mark 20 files out of the 80 i just
received and move them over to some folder called debian-user ...
  presently i copy the selected emails to that folder (one by one) then i
delete them afterwards ... (im a new mutt convert)
TIA,
chad


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