mutt: save message to specific folder

Question

I have several folders defined in Mutt:

mailboxes           "~/Mail/inbox"
mailboxes           "~/Mail/sent"
mailboxes           "~/Mail/archive"

I can save (move) a message to archive, by pressing s and then ? to see a list of folders, and then I can choose archive from the list.

Since I always want only to save to archive I would like to have a macro, so that pressing s automatically saves selected message to archive, without asking me.

Can somebody please help?

EDIT: I now have following macro, to save messages to my "archive" folder:

macro index,pager S "<tag-prefix><save-message>=archive<enter>\
  :set delete=yes<enter><sync-mailbox>:set delete=no<enter>"

the problem is, the messages stay in index marked as deleted. They are not "synced" immediately. Second, the <enter> at the end acts as <display-message>, so that when I press S, I end up in the pager of the current message.

In a similar way, I am trying to implement the trash folder in mutt. The following is taken from the Mutt MacroSamples

set maildir_trash=yes
set wait_key=no
folder-hook . 'bind index q quit'
folder-hook inbox 'macro index q ":unset maildir_trash;push \"T~D\\n<tag-prefix-cond>m=trash\\n<end-cond><quit>\"\n"'

but this does not work either. Insted mutt asks me:

Append messages to etmaildir_trash;push"T~D\n<tag-prefix-cond>m=trash\n<end-cond><quit>"/maildir_trash;push"T~D\n<tag-prefix-cond>m=trash\n<end-co ([yes]/no):

what ever I press, nothing happens (the folders trash/{cur,new,tmp} do exist)

It's puzzling that `` doesn't seem to do anything. When you use the normal delete command (`d`) and messages are left in the index marked as deleted, what happens when you press `$` (which is the default binding for ``)? — ewhac, Dec 05 '13 at 20:20
when I press `$` mutt asks me `Purge 1 deleted message?`. I can press `Y` which will delete the message. — user1968963, Dec 06 '13 at 10:01
A thought occurs: The `` command is expecting user input (`y`), but seeing the immediately following `:` instead, so the purge doesn't happen. I wonder what might happen if you put a `y` after it... — ewhac, Dec 07 '13 at 01:32

score 24 · Accepted Answer · edited Aug 08 '16 at 09:02

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tagged mails:

macro index S ":set confirmappend=no delete=yes\n<tag-prefix-cond><save-message>=archive\n<sync-mailbox>:set confirmappend=yes delete=ask-yes\n"

current only:

macro index A ":set confirmappend=no delete=yes\n<save-message>=archive\n<sync-mailbox>:set confirmappend=yes delete=ask-yes\n"

edit

macro index S ":set confirmappend=no delete=yes\n<tag-prefix><save-message>=archive\n<sync-mailbox>:set confirmappend=yes delete=ask-yes\n"

My fault, using tag-prefix instead of tag-prefix-cond, will apply the macro to tagged messages if present, else to the current selected.

edited Aug 08 '16 at 09:02

Nikos Alexandris

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answered Dec 07 '13 at 18:42

Alex

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when I add your macro and start mutt and pres `S`, mutt says: `nothing to do` – user1968963 Dec 07 '13 at 20:26
Do you `t`ag some mail? – Alex Dec 07 '13 at 20:29
great, it works. How could I make it work on current message aswell (without having to tag it first) ? – user1968963 Dec 07 '13 at 20:42
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@user1968963 see the update. – Alex Dec 07 '13 at 23:58
thanks a lot. Is it possible to combine it into one macro: If messages are tagged, act on tagged messages. Otherwise act on current message ? – user1968963 Dec 08 '13 at 09:17
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@user1968963 maybe using tag-prefix-cond to set a different command/variable (for my understanding is executed only if there are tagged mail), I'll try but will require some time, will let you know. – Alex Dec 08 '13 at 15:43
I would very much appreciate your help – user1968963 Dec 09 '13 at 13:29

score 4 · Answer 2 · edited Aug 31 '21 at 08:52

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The mutt guide has an example macro for your use case:

macro index <tag-prefix-cond><save-message>=foo<enter> "Save tagged messages (if any) to =foo"

You could implement it in your case like so:

macro index,pager A  "<save-message>=Mail/archive<enter>"  "mark message as Archived"

Hitting Shifta in either the index or pager view would save the message to your archive maildir.

edited Aug 31 '21 at 08:52

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answered Nov 27 '13 at 23:14

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there are two small problems with this solution: 1) I can only "save" one message at a time. I cannot tag several messages and save them all to archive. 2) when I "save" a message, it still appears in inbox marked as deleted. Is it possible to apply the changes immediately (so that it is deleted immediately from inbox) ? – user1968963 Nov 28 '13 at 10:08
@user1968963 Answering 2) for future reference: =Mail/archives – Alessandro Macilenti Oct 29 '21 at 10:45

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