Folders

Folders are collections of mail messages. They allow you to organize your mail. You can group messages in various ways, such as by topic, by date, or by sender. It's also possible to have your outgoing mail put in a folder. Folder names always begin with a plus sign (+) followed by almost any other characters. As with filenames, it's a good idea to stick with letters, numbers, and the period unless you know what you're doing.

What folders are out there?

The "folders" command will list the folders that you have. If you do it now, you should see a message like: Folder # of messages ( range ); cur msg (other files) inbox+ has 9 messages ( 1- 9); cur= 8. TOTAL= 9 messages in 1 folder. This display indicates that you have one folder (called '+inbox') which has 9 messages. The plus sign after the folder name indicates that '+inbox' is the current folder, just as a plus sign after the message number in a "scan" listing indicates the current message. In this case, the current message in '+inbox' is message number 8. Notice that each folder has its own current message. If you have more than one folder, each one will be listed on its own line.

Switching to another folder

To move to another folder, use the "folder" command as in: Now all your MH commands will refer to the messages in the '+projects' folder. For example, the "scan" command will now list the messages in your '+projects' folder.

When you use the "inc" command, you're automatically put back into the '+inbox' folder.

Filing messages

To put a message into a folder, use the "refile" command followed by the folder name. If you want to specify a message other than the current one, put the message numbers before the folder name. (See the next section for more information about selecting messages.) Normally, the message will be removed from your 'inbox' folder when you refile it; specifying the "-link" option overrides that behavior. You can also refile a message into several folders simply by listing all the folder names. Here are some examples:

Creating folders

To create a folder, just refer to it in a command (such as "folder"). You'll be asked if you want to create the folder. If so, just reply "y".

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