Path: utzoo!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!dimacs.rutgers.edu!seismo!ukma!wuarchive!sdd.hp.com!spool.mu.edu!munnari.oz.au!diemen!sol!dermoudy From: dermoudy@sol.surv.utas.edu.au (Julian Dermoudy) Newsgroups: comp.mail.elm Subject: Re: ELM saves copy of sent email in wrong (?) file Message-ID: Date: 15 Mar 91 02:28:59 GMT References: <999@ki.UUCP> Sender: news@diemen.utas.edu.au Lines: 31 dana@are.berkeley.edu (Dana E. Keil) writes: >dwatts@ki.UUCP (Dan Watts) writes: >>I posted a question about some email of mine not getting saved in my >>"sentmail" folder. I finally tracked down what the problem is. It >>seems that if there is a folder in my "maildir" directory that corresponds >>to who I'm sending the mail to, it saves the copy in that folder instead >>of my "sentmail" folder. I've got "forcename" set to "OFF" but I would >>guess that this only comes into play if the folder doesn't exist. >There's one more setting you're missing, "savename" should also be set >to "OFF" and then it will save all in the sentmail folder. Very true this works, but now when I hit "s" I no longer get prompted with a suggested folder name (i.e. the savename option should be ON). This was very useful and convenient. How do I get the best of both worlds, i.e. all outbound mail being saved automatically in the folder specified by the "sentmail" variable, and being prompted with a foldername corresponding to the sender for all incoming mail when I hit "s"? Have I missed anything? -Julian -- Julian Dermoudy AARNet: J.R.Dermoudy@censis.utas.edu.au Centre for Spatial Info. Studies, 'Phone: +61 02 202108 University of Tasmania, Fax : +61 02 240282 GPO Box 252C Hobart, Tasmania, AUSTRALIA, 7001.