Re: extract header from current message (to pass to shell)?

[Kyle Wheeler <kyle-mutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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On Tuesday, August 26 at 05:41 PM, quoth Marianne Promberger:
> Is it possible to extract a specific message header from mutt and pass 
> it on to a shell command?

Not really, but there are ways of getting around that.

> maybe by passing the current message to formail

Exactly!

> (but then, what would I write for "the current message" on mutt's 
> shell command prompt that comes up when I press "!" ?)

Don't use "!"; use "|".

> I'd like to be able to "ignore" threads that are of no interest to 
> me (on mailing lists), and I'm currently thinking about this:
>
> (a) bind a key to delete the current message and also extract the 
> message ID and append it to a textfile (this is where I'm stuck)

macro index,pager D '<pipe-message>formail -c -x Message-ID: > 
~/.killfile<enter><delete-message>'

> (b) set up a folder hook to delete-pattern messages that are "In reply 
> to:" messages with IDs that are in the textfile from (a) (I think I've 
> got that part sorted)

A folder-hook? Hmmm...

     source "awk '{print \"folder-hook . \\\"<delete-pattern>~h References: 
\\\",$1}'|"

Just a thought, anyway. Seems a bit excessive, though. Much easier to 
just have your MDA delete those messages, rather than have mutt do it 
(that file will get big *fast*).

~Kyle
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