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Re: Help reorder VM folders

#129
From: Mike Northam
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 13:16
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>>>>> "kyle" == Kyle Jones <kyle@crystal.wonderworks.com> writes:

kyle> mun@corp.hp.com writes:
 > Philippe> Is there an easy way to painlessly reorder VM folders ? What
 > Philippe> I'd like would be a way to view a VM-summary and tell "move
 > Philippe> mail#3 after mail#7". Anybody has written such an extension?
 > 
 > There is a way to do this, but I can't think of it right now.

kyle> vm-move-message-forward  (ESC C-n)
kyle> vm-move-message-backward (ESC C-p)

 > However, there is a problem with it.  The order of the messages are
 > kept in the _header_ of the first (physical) message of your mail box.
 > So, if after _arranging_ your mail messages, you happen to
 > delete the first message...you loose your _re-arranged_ order.

kyle> This shouldn't happen.  The header is stuffed into the new first
kyle> message in the folder, if there is one.  There may be a bug that
kyle> prevents this from happening, though.

Well, when I use vm-move-message-backward, for example to get a folder in
the order I want it, my changes aren't saved (even if I do an 'S' to save
the folder).  When I revisit the folder, it's in the original order.
(vm-version is 5.32 (beta))
--
Mike Northam, Shorter Software Solutions, on contract to Intel Corp.
(h) (503) 324-1831 (intel office) (503) 696-4860 (shorter) (503) 357-1010
mbn@greyskul.hf.intel.com
"You ducks are really trying my patience...but you're SOOO cute. --Apu 9F01
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Subject: Re: Help reorder VM folders
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