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Organizing Your Mail with Folders
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   mh-e has analogies for each of the MH `folder' and `refile'
commands.  To refile a message in another folder, use the `o'
(`mh-refile-msg') (mnemonic: "output") command.  You are prompted for
the folder name.

   If you are refiling several messages into the same folder, you can
use the `!' (`mh-refile-or-write-again') command to repeat the last
refile or write (see the description of `C-o' in Note: Files and
Pipes).  Or, place the messages into a sequence (Note: Sequences)
and specify a prefix argument to `o', in which case you'll be prompted
for the name of the sequence (for example, `C-u o search RET').

   If you wish to copy a message to another folder, you can use the `c'
(`mh-copy-msg') command (see the `-link' argument to `refile'(1)).  You
are prompted for a folder, and you can specify a prefix argument if you
want to copy a sequence into another folder.  In this case, you are
then prompted for the sequence.  Note that unlike the `o' command, the
copy takes place immediately.  The original copy remains in the current
folder.

   When you want to read the messages that you have refiled into
folders, use the `M-f' (`mh-visit-folder') command to visit the folder.
You are prompted for the folder name.

   Other commands you can perform on folders include: `M-l'
(`mh-list-folders'), to list all the folders in your mail directory;
`M-k' (`mh-kill-folder'), to remove a folder; `M-x mh-sort-folder', to
sort the messages by date (see `sortm'(1) to see how to sort by other
criteria); `M-p' (`mh-pack-folder'), to pack a folder, removing gaps
from the numbering sequence; and `M-r' (`mh-rescan-folder'), to rescan
the folder, which is useful to grab all messages in your `+inbox' after
processing your new mail for the first time.  If you don't want to
rescan the entire folder, give `M-r' or `M-p' a prefix argument and
you'll be prompted for a range of messages to display (for instance,
`C-u M-r last:50 RET').