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                      7: .sh 1 "Maintaining folders"
                      8: .pp
                      9: .i Mail
                     10: includes a simple facility for maintaining groups of messages together
                     11: in folders.  This section describes this facility.
                     12: .pp
                     13: To use the folder facility, you must tell
                     14: .i Mail
                     15: where you wish to keep your folders.  Each folder of messages will
                     16: be a single file.  For convenience, all of your folders are kept in
                     17: a single directory of your choosing.  To tell
                     18: .i Mail
                     19: where your folder directory is, put a line of the form
                     20: .(l
                     21: set folder=letters
                     22: .)l
                     23: in your
                     24: .i .mailrc
                     25: file.  If, as in the example above, your folder directory does not
                     26: begin with a `/,'
                     27: .i Mail
                     28: will assume that your folder directory is to be found starting from
                     29: your home directory.  Thus, if your home directory is
                     30: .b /usr/person
                     31: the above example told
                     32: .i Mail
                     33: to find your folder directory in
                     34: .b /usr/person/letters .
                     35: .pp
                     36: Anywhere a file name is expected, you can use a folder name, preceded
                     37: with `+.'  For example, to put a message into a folder with the
                     38: .b save
                     39: command, you can use:
                     40: .(l
                     41: save +classwork
                     42: .)l
                     43: to save the current message in the
                     44: .i classwork
                     45: folder.  If the
                     46: .i classwork
                     47: folder does not yet exist, it will be created.  Note that messages
                     48: which are saved with the
                     49: .b save
                     50: command are automatically removed from your system mailbox.
                     51: .pp
                     52: In order to make a copy of a message in a folder without causing
                     53: that message to be removed from your system mailbox, use the
                     54: .b copy
                     55: command, which is identical in all other respects to the
                     56: .b save
                     57: command.  For example,
                     58: .(l
                     59: copy +classwork
                     60: .)l
                     61: copies the current message into the
                     62: .i classwork
                     63: folder and leaves a copy in your system mailbox.
                     64: .pp
                     65: The
                     66: .b folder
                     67: command
                     68: can be used to direct
                     69: .i Mail
                     70: to the contents of a different folder.
                     71: For example,
                     72: .(l
                     73: folder +classwork
                     74: .)l
                     75: directs
                     76: .i Mail
                     77: to read the contents of the
                     78: .i classwork
                     79: folder.  All of the commands that you can use on your system
                     80: mailbox are also applicable to folders, including
                     81: .b type ,
                     82: .b delete ,
                     83: and
                     84: .b reply .
                     85: To inquire which folder you are currently editing, use simply:
                     86: .(l
                     87: folder
                     88: .)l
                     89: .pp
                     90: To list your current set of folders, use the
                     91: .b folders
                     92: command.
                     93: .pp
                     94: To start
                     95: .i Mail
                     96: reading one of your folders, you can use the
                     97: .b \-f
                     98: option described in section 2.  For example:
                     99: .(l
                    100: % Mail \-f +classwork
                    101: .)l
                    102: will cause
                    103: .i Mail
                    104: to read your
                    105: .i classwork
                    106: folder without looking at your system mailbox.

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