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Re: Sent mail



> 
> > Thanks for responding, Kyle.  I found the problem.  Somewhere along 
> > the line, while I was messing around with my .muttrc file, I changed 
> > the set force_name= variable to yes instead of no.  And, as you 
> > know, that overode my set record=~/Mail/sent.  For the time being I 
> > am happy to have the copies of outgoing mail appended to /Mail/sent.  
> > So, all is well again.  I am curious about one thing, however.  It 
> > seems that having a dedicated "sent" mailbox is verboten.  Why is 
> > that?
> 
> What do you mean? You set $record to something; is that not your 
> dedicated "sent" mailbox? That's not forbidden at all!
> 
> ~Kyle

You're right...I'm confusing the issue.  "Sent," as defined by $record,
is indeed my dedicated "sent" mailbox.  But it is itself a file to which
all of the copies of outgoing mail are appended.  All of my other
mailboxes, including inbox, are directories, which are refered to in
.muttrc by "mailboxes <path to mailbox>".  And all of these are read to
via Procmail.  I guess I'm asking why should not "sent" be handled in
the same
manner.

Rem