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Re: how to save a message to a txt file in mutt?



On Thu, May 20, 2004 at 11:53:16PM -0400, David Yitzchak Cohen wrote:
> On Fri, May 21, 2004 at 02:39:51AM EDT, bing yu wrote:
> 
> > some time i want save message to text file
> 
> What exactly do you mean?  You can simply copy-message ('C' in default
> binding) to a new file, and it'll create it as a standard mbox.
> If you want to save the preprocessed text of a message, you can simply
> pipe-message (assuming you have pipe-decode set) to "cat > some_file.txt"
thank you, i will reference some documents on pipe-message.
> or equivalent.  If you want the text of a message with nothing else,
> you can pipe-attachment (to the same command) instead.
> 
> > can i dot this job in mutt?
> 
> If you meant any of the above, the answer is obviously "yes."  If you
> meant something else, enlighten us as to your demands, and we will try
> to enlighten you as to your options :-)
> 
> > -- 
> > You enjoy the company of other people.
> 
> Um, are you trying to sound like a fortune cookie? ;-P
fortune signature is added by default
> 
> Happy Muttin',
>  - Dave
> 
> -- 
> Uncle Cosmo, why do they call this a word processor?
> It's simple, Skyler.  You've seen what food processors do to food, right?
> 
> Please visit this link:
> http://rotter.net/israel



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