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From: marvit%hplpm@HPLABS.HP.COM (Peter Marvit)
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Subject: Re: Hierarchical folders in MH
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Date: 14 Dec 89 18:13:27 GMT
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> >One of the users here has 600 mail folders, and would like to
> >organize these hierarchically.  

>   Yes, I do it all the time in MH. However you cant create the folder
> from within MH .. the "mkdir" call inside refile fails, since it does not
> recursively creat the path if more than one level is needed.

I have a patch which will allow recursve folder creation.  I've sent it on
to John Romnie to be incorporated into the "official" MH6.6.  If readers of
this list want the patch ahead of time, mail me.  More than 5 requests
means I'll post it.

Oh, it may have to wait till after 2 Jan, since I'm leaving on vacation in
two days ;-)

	-Peter "MH 'R Me" Marvit

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