Re: Filtering Email in Pine
To be able to select messages and perform commands on them choose the
enable-aggregate-command-set option in the config section.
Ernest Johanson
Web Systems Administrator
Fuller Theological Seminary
On Thu, 29 Jun 2000, Nitebirdz wrote:
> Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2000 14:17:17 -0500 (CDT)
> From: Nitebirdz <nitebirdz@uswest.net>
> To: Philippe <pouliot@griffy.ph.utexas.edu>
> Cc: adam.edgar <edgar002@bama.ua.edu>, debian-user@lists.debian.org
> Subject: Re: Filtering Email in Pine
>
> On Wed, 28 Jun 2000, Philippe wrote:
>
> > Hi Adam,
> >
> > it takes just seconds to filter mail in Pine. From main menu, type S for
> > setup. Then R for rules. Then F for filter. Then A for add. Give the rule
> > a nickname by replacing the "no value set" in the menu. Put the Debian
> > user list address on the "Cc:" line. At the bottom, choose the Folder you
> > want it moved to. Exit. You're half-way done! Repeat to set another rule
> > for which "From:" is the Debian address while "Cc:" is unspecified. That's
> > it.
> >
> > pine is great. I've never used mutt. What's good about it?
> >
>
> It may be a rhetorical question, but just in case... some people like the
> fact that mutt automatically shows all the messages in threads news-style,
> which makes it a lot easier to read messages from the mailing lists. I
> found a workaround to do something similar in pine though by sorting the
> messages according to the subject line and the date, so that all messages
> on the same topic are bundled together. I also like pine better. ;-)
>
> I got another question for you though. How do you select say all messages
> in a certain folder in pine? Or perhaps from message 1 to message 45, in
> order to save them, delete them... whatever.
>
>
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