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Setting subscribe/list within muttrc (using IMAP)



Perhaps I'm looking for a feature that doesn't exist, and I'm almost
certainly missing something simple, but here's the background:

I currently use a script to connect to my IMAP server, and get a list of
all mail folders.  I then parse that list to get the mailing list
folders (all named list.mailing-list-name), and use that to generate the
necessary rc commands (subscribe and from).  I would like to remove that
extra connection to the server, and just use rc commands plus a little
shell scripting to do the same thing.

I've searched TFM, and the mailing list via marc.info, but haven't been
able to find anything useful.  I believe I should be able to do what I
need to do if I can figure out how to pass the value of ^ to the shell.

So, is there a way to pass the value of ^ to the shell?  If so, would
someone mind showing me an example?

If there is something about this in the manual/man pages/wiki/mailing
list, a simple scoff and pointer will be sufficient. ;]

Oh, and if there's an easier/better way to do this, please let me know.

Regards,
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dave [ please don't CC me ]