* Michael Elkins <[email protected]> [01-06-13 00:01]:
> The attached patch allows the user to define a virtual folder using external
> search tools such as mairix, mu and notmuch.
> 
> It adds a $vfolder_command variable and a "vfolder" command to define
> virtual mailboxes (see the attached sample muttrc for examples).  The user
> then visits vfolder:///name to open the virtual mailbox.  Mutt executes
> $vfolder_command with the search query for "name" substituted, and reads the
> list of matching messages from its stdout.
> 
> Limitations:
> - only works on maildirs
> - deletion is supported only via marking messages with the  'T'rashed flag
> (this is for safety until the patch is more fully  flushed out)
> - new mail detection is not supported
> - header caching is not enabled

I use mbox, added mfolder to my directory list, access via ",m"

Shell command: mairix <search terms>
,m to cd to mfolder

probably could be combined into a macro but I haven't had the desire.

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