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Re: [Nmh-workers] refile's -retainsequences switch
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Ken Hornstein |
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Re: [Nmh-workers] refile's -retainsequences switch |
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Fri, 18 Apr 2014 16:52:59 -0400 |
> The -retainsequences switch causes the memberships in sequences, except
> "cur", of the refiled messages to be carried over to each destination
> folder.
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>I am truly sorry, to be so dense, but I can't decipher that sentence. In this
>context, I don't know what is meant by "membership" (I think as the members of
>sequences as messages) or by "carried over". Would some nice person help me.
Perhaps an example would be better:
+inbox, message 35
sequences: foo, bar, blah
% refile +inbox 35 +newfolder
Refiled message is:
+newfolder, message 42
sequences: foo, bar, blah
Philosophical question: are sequences an attribute of a message, or are
messages attributes of a sequence?
--Ken