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Re: filter and save to different mailbox



On Tue, Mar 15, 2005 at 03:42:57PM +1030, luke@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
 
> I have some 2500 messages in a mail file called 'associates'.  I'd
> like to filter out all senders named 'joe' and place them in a new
> mailbox.  Is there an easy way to do this in mutt?

T~f joe<enter>;s=joe<enter>
(to save to mailbox "joe")

This assumes default keybindings. Note that that will match "joe" (case
insensitive) anywhere in an email address or realname... so depending on
what you're trying to do, you might want to use a more detailed regexp.

w