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Reading Mail in Other Folders

No one lives out of just their inbox anymore; email users use dozens of folders to separate and store mail of one form or another. Use the `c' command to change folders, that is to navigate to a different mail folder, and `s' to save the current message to a different folder. There are only two tricks you need to remember: first, `!' refers to your spool file, or inbox, and second, the `=' key refers to any non-inbox folder. So to change to the `Work' folder, enter `c=Work' and hit return. To return to the inbox, hit `c!' and hit return. Hitting `c' alone makes mutt prompt you to see a list of folders. At the prompt, hit the ? key to be shown a list of folders. Arrow down through them and hit return to change folders. At just about any time, mutt will try to complete words for you, so you might be able to get away with hitting simply `c=W' and then pressing tab. If you have no other folders that begin with W the word `Work' will be completed for you.

Likewise, the `s' key saves the current message to a folder of your choosing. From the index, select the message and hit `s=Work' to save the current message to the folder called Work. If the folder doesn't already exist mutt will query you if you'd like to create it, and will probably suggest a folder name based on that message's sender's name unless configured otherwise. Below is a list of the key mail boxes.

Figure 6: Special Mailboxes
\begin{figure}\begin{tabular}{l\vert l}
Key & Location \\
\hline
! & Inbox/Spoo...
...directory on local (not remote) system \\ \hline
\par
\end{tabular}
\end{figure}



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Randall Wood 2009-12-02