* Michael Seiwert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [05-11-02 12:59]:
> *On Sat, May 11, 2002 at 09:53:16AM -0700, Will Yardley wrote:
> > William Park wrote:
> > > On Sat, May 11, 2002 at 06:22:40PM +0200, Michael Seiwert wrote:
> > > >
> > > > I use mutt 1.3.99i for reading, sending ... mail. I connect via ssl
> > > > to a remote cyrus imap server.
> > > >
> > > > One problem I have is to archive mail ? I got a quota of 100 megs
> > > > (thats not much when you are reading lists :-)).
> > > >
> > > > How did you solve this problem ??
> > > >
> > > > Is it clever to move mails after reading to local file based
> > > > mailboxes ?
> > > >
> > > > Any suggestions ??
> > >
> > > Why not save it to a file using Procmail?
> >
> > how would he do that (since the mail is on a remote imap server)...
> >
> > wouldn't it be easier to tag all messages in a folder and copy them to a
> > local Maildir or mbox folder?
> >
> > that should be fairly easy.
> >
>
> yes, thats exactly what I want. Is it possible to tag the messages
> using mutt from the commandline without open ?
>
Why not user fetchmail and maintain your email locally, leaving your
server empty ?? Use procmail as a filter locally.
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Patrick Shanahan
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@ http://counter.li.org
