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[Mutt] #2999: "Open mailbox" history should not have entries from "Attach file" history



#2999: "Open mailbox" history should not have entries from "Attach file" history

 If one creates a mail message with a file attachement (e.g., with attached
 file named "foo"), then when they try to connect to an IMAP mailbox the
 history at the `Open mailbox:` prompt will contain "foo". This is wrong
 because "foo" is not an IMAP mailbox, it is a file. This seems like a
 violation of the
 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principle_of_least_astonishment Law of Least
 Astonishment]. It would be nice if the "Attach file" history and the "Open
 mailbox" history were separate.

 The long explanation for why this is a problem is that I run mutt from
 within GNU Screen (e.g., ten Screen windows, each containing an instance
 of mutt), and the below command can be used to reopen the previously open
 mailbox in every window if the IMAP server disconnects. The below command
 blindly goes back one entry in the "Open mailbox" history and presses
 "Enter":

 {{{
 :at "#" stuff "c\020\015"
 }}}

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Ticket URL: <http://dev.mutt.org/trac/ticket/2999>