On Tue, Nov 19, 2013 at 10:05:10AM +0100, LEVAI Daniel wrote: > On k, nov 19, 2013 at 09:55:40 +0100, Alexandre wrote: > > > In practice, do you have any tips to signal there is any attachment to > > emails ? > > > > Some "ergonomic" options: > > - adding tag in Index > > - adding tag in headers (to show in mutt) > > - others ? > > > > Many thanks for sharing your ideas. > > I've setup the index_format to indicate the size of the mail in a column > where my eyes usually hover while tending to my mails. So if it strikes > me (and sometimes I still skip over it...) that it's unusually large, > then I'll open it with view-attachment first. > > That is the closest thing I could get to warn myself about large emails > and attachments.
I use the following as my index_format: "%4C %Z %?X?@& ? %{%b %d} %-15.15n (%?M?ยป%3M&%4c?) %s" The @ tells me there is an attachement, and the 4c tells me the size of the email. I find this works mostly, except from some emails from Apple Mail. It does not work when the Apple Mail user "embeds" the attachment in the email (e.g. pictures). I think the MIME information set by Apple Mail in this case is just plain wrong. Hope this helps, -- Suvayu Open source is the future. It sets us free.