re-sort and save?

mutt at raf.org mutt at raf.org
Thu May 23 02:42:00 UTC 2019


Cameron Simpson wrote:

> On 23May2019 09:08, mutt at raf.org <mutt at raf.org> wrote:
> > is it possible to get mutt to
> > reorder an mbox file by date ("od")
> > and then save it in that order?
> > 
> > if not, i can use some other program
> > but i'd trust mutt more.
> 
> I haven't tried it, but what if you sort on date and then save or copy to a
> separate new mbox file? Might do what you need.
> 
> Cheers,
> Cameron Simpson <cs at cskk.id.au>

Hi Cameron,

Perfect, thanks. I owe you a beverage of your choice. :-)

After sorting "od", I tagged all messages "T."
then saved tagged messages ";s=newfilename"
and they were written in the desired order.

cheers,
raf



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