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From: grunwald@anchor.colorado.edu (Dirk Grunwald)
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Subject: Re: vm-auto-folder-alist -- how?
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Date: 30 Aug 89 14:44:29 GMT
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In-reply-to: chris@ASYLUM.GSFC.NASA.GOV's message of 30 Aug 89 14:06:48 GMT


I use things like the following:

(setq vm-auto-folder-alist
      '(
	("From"
	 (".*[lL]eimkuhler.*" . "ben.mail" )
	 (".*[kK]unze.*" . "kunze.mail")
	 (".*rms.*" . "rms.mail")
	 (".*tiemann.*" . "tiemann.mail")
	 (".*[tT]orek.*" . "torek.mail")
	 (".*boulder.*" . "CU.mail")
	 (".*[Cc]olorado.*" . "CU.mail")
	 )
	
	("Subject"
	 (".*[tT][eE][xX][xX]2.*" . "tex-utilities.mail")
	 (".*[Ff][Ii][Nn][Aa][Ll].*" . "Final.mail")
	 (".*[gG]\\+\\+" . "g++.mail"))
))

I've found it useful to have my vm mail files in in ``.mail''
and then add:

(setq auto-mode-alist
      (append (list
		< .... my other alist additions .... >
	(cons "\\.mail$" 'run-vm-mode))
	auto-mode-alist))
(defun run-vm-mode ()
  (vm (buffer-file-name)))


this starts up VM whenever you edit a .mail file - it also works with
the context-saving packages.