[MlMt] Copying the contents of a smart folder to a zip file?

[Bill Cole]

On 2024-05-15 at 20:18:29 UTC-0400 (Wed, 15 May 2024 20:18:29 -0400)
Steven M. Bellovin <mailmate at lists.freron.com>
is rumored to have said:

> Is there any rational way to copy every message in a smart folder to a 
> single zip file, preserving the date order? If I cmd-C the list of 
> messages and copy/paste the files somewhere (or do the same via the 
> command line), the order is quasi-random, not preserving dates. (I'm 
> perfectly happy to do any sort of weird stuff from the command line.)

Have you tried the functions in the Commands->Export menu? It's a bit 
non-obvious in UI but it will export a selected set of messages to a 
directory full of individual messages or a mbox file.


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