schaefer@ogicse.ogi.edu (Barton E. Schaefer) (03/17/91)
In article <8398@chorus.fr> mgu@chorus.fr (Marc Guillemont) writes: } } Is there any way, when composing a message, to insert (via ~i or ~f) } messages from other folders (i.e. not from the current one), either with a } specific syntax (like ~f folder:[msg-list]) or with other commands? You can use ~:folder to change folders, then ~i the message list. You can't do this if you started the program in mail-sending mode (by giving an address on the command line), only if you used the internal "mail" or "reply" commands. Use at your own risk -- remember that changing folders may do an update. You could also ~:merge, adding the new folder to the current one, then ~i, then later delete all the merged-in messages before updating. Won't work on read-only folders (but of course, ~:folder does not update a read-only folder, so one or the other is always usable). Completely self-serving plug follows: Z-Mail not only has a ~z escape to "suspend" your composition and return you to the command mode, but also supports having more than one folder open at a time, so you don't have to update just to access messages from another folder. -- Bart Schaefer schaefer@zipcode.com Z-Code Software Corporation schaefer@cse.ogi.edu