Matching message headers in mutt hooks

[Dave Ihnat]

Once, long ago--actually, on Sun, Jul 08, 2012 at 06:27:25PM -0400--Eddie G.O'Connor Jr-I (eoconnor25 at gmail.com) said:
> Hmmm....I guess it's because I've never used something like it, but
> I imagine it's pretty hard to move around in if it's all text
> based?....no icons to click on for deleting messages? no
> drag-and-drop features?.....

Well, it's text-based menu driven, e.g., you use the cursor keys or VI
command keys (hjkl), messages can be displayed in threads, etc.  Not mouse
oriented, but still not _that_ primitive.

> ...I think only a DIE hard techie would opt
> for such a thing! I cannot see the reason for or a situation where
> something like that would come in handy!....curious!

It's probably not something many people would pick up today, but it's got
real advantages if you need them.  It's incredibly flexible, especially for
handling huge numbers of messages.  It's almost impossible to inadvertently
open a bad URL, since they're displayed for you in text mode; but you can
view HTML mail if you wish.

Cheers,
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	Dave Ihnat
	dihnat at dminet.com