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Date:      Wed, 24 Jan 2001 13:43:56 -0600
From:      Dennis Moore <archon@forbidden.dough.net>
To:        freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: <solution> mutt saves messages to wrong directory
Message-ID:  <20010124134356.A2721@forbidden.dough.net>
In-Reply-To: <20010124043049.D20934@arrakis.desert-power.org>; from mwithers@one.net on Wed, Jan 24, 2001 at 04:29:15AM -0500
References:  <20010124034632.A20934@arrakis.desert-power.org> <20010124005503.C10761@rfx-216-196-73-168.users.reflex> <20010124043049.D20934@arrakis.desert-power.org>

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On Wed, Jan 24, 2001 at 04:29:15AM -0500, Mark B. Withers wrote:
> I usually type in my own file names when I save messages. Mutt tends
> to create it's own filenames based on the "from" field before the
> "@host.com".
> 
> Mark

if you don't preface the filename with '=' it saves them in pwd.

> 
> On Wed, Jan 24, 2001 at 03:55:33AM -0500, Crist J. Clark wrote:
> > On Wed, Jan 24, 2001 at 03:45:38AM -0500, Mark B. Withers wrote:
> > > To those who helped me with my question regarding mutt..thanks! 
> > > 
> > > My problem was that whenever I would save an email message, it would
> > > save the files in my ~ directory.
> > > 
> > > I had the correct parameter set in my .muttrc
> > > 
> > > set folder="~/Mail"
> > > 
> > > However it would still dump all saved messages to my ~ directory
> > > instead of ~/Mail.
> > 
> > You were calling things,
> > 
> >   =filename
> > 
> > When you saved them, right?
> > -- 
> > Crist J. Clark                           cjclark@alum.mit.edu
> > 
> 
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