Re: Archiving Old Messages and Misc Mail Features
On Thu, 18 Feb 1999, Stephen Pitts wrote:
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> Hi!
> I'm using fetchmail, procmail, and mutt to get/sort/read mail. I've
>been subscribed to the debian list (among others) for about 2 months, and
>I just realized I have 42 megabytes of email in ~/Mail. Can anyone
>recommend a reasonable way to archive these messages, i.e. by two-week
>intervals or months? I'd imagine that someone who has received this list
>for a long time has come up with a way to archive the list. Also, I've
>heard that gnus can make collapsable threads. Does anyone know if mutt
>can do that or can be coerced to do that?
For lists that have archives on the web that will sort by date or thread,
your best bet is:
rm <mailbox>
The Data Conservation Corps would go nuts knowing how many copies of the
same messages exist in local mailboxes when they can all be accessed on
the web. No need to save debian-user of you have a web browser.
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