On Mon, Feb 10, 2003 at 07:28:09AM -0800, Curtis Spencer wrote: > I am trying to get mutt to save all messages from the debian user list > in a file called debian. I don't fully understand the save-hook functionality. > my muttrc looks like this, yet everything still gets saved to the inbox. <SNIP> Personally, I have Exim deliver the messages for this list directly to a separate mailbox in the first place, using filtering in a .forward file... like so: if $header_X-Mailing-List: contains "debian-user@lists.debian.org" then seen save $home/Mail/debian_user endif And I don't know whether it's necessary to explicitly define the "else" condition, but I did... like so: if not delivered then seen save "$home/Mail/inbox" endif Note that I'm a complete newbie myself, so I don't know if this is the *right* way to do this, I just know that it seems to be working for me. And, obviously, if you're not using Exim as your MTA, the method will presumably vary.
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