On 2012-04-07, Tim Johnson wrote: > * David Ellement [120407 01:10]: > > On 2012-04-06, Tim Johnson wrote > > > * Gerald LaMontagne [120406 17:55]: > > > > On Fri, Apr 06, 2012 at 04:52:16PM -0800, Tim Johnson wrote: > > > > > Is it possible to save a thread to a file? > > > > > > > > > > I can <Esc>t to tag the thread and then ;s to save to another > > > > > mailbox, but I don't know if I can save the same to a file. > > > > > > > > Well, mbox folders are just files. Could you save to an mbox folder? > > > > > > Of course, but what I was really inquiring about was whether I could > > > save 'en masse' :: a thread to one file. > > > thanks > > > > I don't understand what you are asking. > It would be nice if I could save all of the tagged messages to one > *named* (not mbox) file - just as if I were saving a viewed > attachment. It looks like that is not doable.
I'm not following you at all. An mbox file _is_ a named file. You can choose any name you like, absolute, relative to your mail folder directory, or relative to the directory in which you started mutt. > > You can tag the thread, and save it all 'en masse' to an 'mbox' file > > anywhere where you can create a file. How would the file you are want > > to create differ from what you get when it is created as an 'mbox'? > Yeah, what would work for me is a special mbox directory for just > saving stuff then open them in vim and weed out headers, saving > content to a new file.. Save a thread to any file name you like, open that file in vim and tell me how that differs from what you requested. Regards, Gary
