Subject: save, rename inbox as file?

From: [email-masked] (nelson hilton)
Date: Mon, 20 Feb 95 12:06:02 EST

Well, the inbox is getting pretty large, & while I've figured out how
to deal with individual messages, I'm wondering if  I could just save
the whole thing as a file and start afresh.  Sorry if I'm overlooking
the obvious... Many thanks, Nelson

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From: [email-masked] (Marcos Rubinstein)
Date: Tue, 28 Feb 1995 16:54:47 GMT

nelson hilton ([email-masked]) decia:
: Well, the inbox is getting pretty large, & while I've figured out how
: to deal with individual messages, I'm wondering if  I could just save
: the whole thing as a file and start afresh.  Sorry if I'm overlooking
: the obvious... Many thanks, Nelson

  What version of pine are you using?
  with pine 3.91 you can use:
  ; [for select]
  A [for all]
  A [for action on selected, in this case all]
  S [save in folder]
  enter the name of the folder you want to create and press return
  If the folder you want does not exist, pine will ask you if you
  want to create it... answer with Y[es]

  Now, if you press X [expunge] and then Y[es], all those messages
  will "disappear" from the inbox... and will be in the new
  folder...
  
  good luck

  Pucho.

  btw if you use either S[ave] or D[elete] every time you read
  your mail... it would be much easier and organized... or at
  least answer Y[es] when you leave pine and are asked if you want
  to save the read messages and expunged the deleted messages