[mew-int 01300] Re: questions on mailfolder handling in mew-3.2

[Kazu Yamamoto ( 山本和彦 )]

From: "clemens fischer" <ino-qc at example.com>
Subject: [mew-int 01299] questions on mailfolder handling in mew-3.2

> 1.  when in mew, how do i create arbitrary mailfolders on any local
>     filesystem?

Usually, when a user refile messages to a non-exist folder by "o", the
foloder is created.

If you create a directory(folder) on Unix Shell, type "1Z" to reflec
the change to Mew.

> 2.  i have legacy folders in both unix-mbox format and maildirs.  how
>     do i open these folders to refile their contents in folders
>     created in step 1 above?

Use incm on Unix SHell.

> 3.  i get my emails delivered by the MTA into unix-mailbox type
>     folders.  to get them into mews +inbox , i issued the following
>     command in the shell: "formail -s incm -s -b -i $HOME/mail/inbox
>     < INBOX.mbox".  is there a way to do this from inside mew?

Type "i" with the following configuration.

(setq mew-mailbox-type 'mbox)
(setq mew-mbox-command "incm")
(setq mew-mbox-command-arg "-d /path/to/mbox")

> 4.  do mew folders always have to be maildirs with one numbered file
>     per email? 

Yes. More precisely, "MH style", not Maildir.

>  can mew folders also be "standard" mbox files?

No.

--Kazu