On Fri, 2006-07-07 at 01:40:16 -0400, Todd Zullinger sent: >Really? I have this in my muttrc: > >folder-hook . 'set read_only=no' >folder-hook 'archive/' 'set read_only=yes' > >Upon changing into one of the mailboxes in the archive directory >it is set to read only. Changing to another mailbox outside of >that opens normally (though when pressing c, the message does >read "Open mailbox in read-only mode ..."). > Ah... I sit corrected. I assumed that because the '%' did not appear in the status bar and because of the "Open mailbox in read-only mode ..." message, that the read_only flag was not being applied until I left the folder. I didn't spend a lot of time playing with this. >As you've pointed out, this isn't perfect as I could still >delete the mail using some command or another mail client, but >a) I try to keep decent backups to guard against errant >commands, and b) who uses a mail client other than mutt??? > Good stuff. I don't use any other mail client (why would I want to!?), but I know that there are some on this list who do. >I've found the folder-hooks to be a good way to avoid >accidentally messing up the content of my archived mailboxes >while reading through them when I need to and still being able >to easily append messages to them from within mutt. > That's the beauty of Mutt... there are always plenty of solutions to any given problem! Cheers; --paj -- Pete Johns <http://johnsy.com/> Contact Information <http://johnsy.com/contact/> Three Months In Melbourne! <http://johnsy.com/20060629092220>
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