Re: Basic questions from newbie
Terrific! Thank you very much.
I like the cat method best. I should have thought of just using the editor.
It's getting started that's the hardest.
Chas
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> Date: Fri, 5 Sep 2008 09:54:09 -0500
> From: kyle-mutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> To: mutt-users@xxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: Basic questions from newbie
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> On Friday, September 5 at 02:42 PM, quoth Charles Howard:
>> How do I export emails to text files in the current or another dir ?
>> I mean the message headers and body as plain text, not attachments.
>>
>> `Export' is pine terminology for this. Is there a different word in mutt?
>
> I don't know that there's an explicit word for doing this, but the way
> I would do it is via (usually bound to the | key). With
> that binding, here's what I'd type:
>
> |cat> foo.txt
>
> Exactly what ends up in foo.txt depends on the $pipe_decode setting.
>
> Another way to do it is to set $mbox_type to "mbox" and then save (or
> copy) the message to foo.txt (when mutt asks, tell it that yes you
> want to create the mailbox). Granted, it'll technically be in mbox
> format, but for a single message, that's essentially exactly what you
> want.
>
> Another way to do it is to use the message editor (usually bound to
> the e key). Once the message is loaded up in your favorite text
> editor, you can save it wherever you like.
>
> I guarantee there are several other ways to do it. But there's no
> direct "save this message as a txt file" command, if that's what
> you're after; though you can create one with a macro if you need it.
>
> Does that answer your question?
>
> ~Kyle
> - --
> To sin by silence when they should protest makes cowards of men.
> -- Abraham Lincoln
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