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From: cczdao@mips.nott.ac.uk (David Osborne)
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Subject: xmh support for nested folders? (was Re: vmail enhancements anyone?)
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Date: 19 Apr 91 18:38:15 GMT
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In article <13672.671898419@uk.ac.liv.uxb> qq11@uxb.liverpool.ac.UK (Alan Thew) writes:
>I know Xmh is now the "thing" but this would give elm a good "run for
>it's money" since MH is always there and I can use the un*x interface
>or X as well.

I find I still need to use a terminal interface, despite using xmh
regularly, because my xmh doesn't support hierarchical mail folders,
and I often need to refile messages into such folders.

For the ones I use most often, I created symbolic links with similar
names, so I can get at them from xmh, so +uktex/q has a symlink called
~/Mail/uktex-q, but it's a nuisance having to do this.

Maybe a later version of xmh supports nested folders?  Mine says it's
Athena version 2.3.1 (supplied in Mips RiscOS 4.51).

--dave
   David Osborne, Cripps Computing Centre, University of Nottingham
                        Nottingham NG7 2RD, UK
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David Osborne