Subject: make default save folder dependent on incoming folder

From: Mike Miller <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 6 Apr 1999 16:38:38 -0500 (CDT)

Here's a suggestion for a feature that I would like to have.  When I
save a message from one of my incoming folders, I would like it to
default to the corresponding Mail box.  The feature is *almost*
already available.  When leaving an incoming folder, pine prompts me
by asking if I want to save the messages from that incoming folder in
the corresponding Mail folder.  I want to extend that functionality so
that when I use the 's' command to save a message from an incoming
folder, it will default to the corresponding mail folder instead of to
the usual default (for me it's saved-messages).

Good idea?

Mike

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Michael B. Miller
University of Missouri--Columbia
http://taxa.psyc.missouri.edu/~mbmiller/

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From: Nancy Lin <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 6 Apr 1999 15:07:22 -0700 (PDT)

It's already configurable, under the variable default-saved-msg-folder.

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Nancy

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From: Mike Miller <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 6 Apr 1999 18:01:38 -0500 (CDT)

> It's already configurable, under the variable default-saved-msg-folder.

I don't think it is, quite, or I'm not able to figure out how to do it.  I
have the following settings:

default-saved-msg-folder = saved-messages

saved-msg-name-rule      =
            Set    Rule Values
            ---  ----------------------
            ( )  by-from                      
            ( )  by-nick-of-from              
            ( )  by-nick-of-from-then-from    
            ( )  by-fcc-of-from               
            ( )  by-fcc-of-from-then-from     
            ( )  by-sender                    
            ( )  by-nick-of-sender            
            ( )  by-nick-of-sender-then-sender
            ( )  by-fcc-of-sender             
            ( )  by-fcc-of-sender-then-sender 
            ( )  by-recipient                 
            ( )  by-nick-of-recip             
            ( )  by-nick-of-recip-then-recip  
            ( )  by-fcc-of-recip              
            ( )  by-fcc-of-recip-then-recip   
            ( )  last-folder-used             
            (*)  default-folder               

Pine will default to saved-messages *always* for regular saves.  I don't
think any of the "by-" rules apply to what I want.  I want it to save
based on the folder I'm saving from (the Incoming folder).  What do I have
to do to achieve that?  I want it to save to a corresponding Mail folder
from the Incoming folder, but when I'm not in an Incoming folder I want
saves to go to saved-messages.

Please let me know if Pine can do this already.

Mike

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From: Terry Gray <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 6 Apr 1999 17:19:05 -0700 (Pacific Daylight Time)

Mike,
Perhaps the "incoming-archive-folders" feature might work for you.
It doesn't affect the default for Saves, but it specifies where any
read-but-not-deleted messages will end up when you exit the incoming
folder.

Also, I find the "by-recipient" rule to be useful, especially when the
incoming folder contains messages filtered by destination, e.g. the name
of an email list of newsgroup.

-teg

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From: Mike Miller <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 6 Apr 1999 23:02:27 -0500 (CDT)

> read-but-not-deleted messages will end up when you exit the incoming

I use that feature.  Your terminology makes clear what I want pine to
do for me.  You said that the "incoming-archive-folders" feature
"doesn't affect the default for Saves."  I think it would be best if
"incoming-archive-folders" *did* affect the default for Saves.  Or, at
least, that should be an option we can choose.

Thanks very much for your reply.  I think my suggestion is probably
clear now.  Doesn't it make sense that the default for Saves should be
the same as the place where unread messages will go?

Regards,

Mike