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* Mutt mail pattern searchMichael Dansie
`* Re: Mutt mail pattern searchRoger Bell_West
 `- Re: Mutt mail pattern searchMatthew Ernisse

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Subject: Mutt mail pattern search
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 by: Michael Dansie - Fri, 10 Nov 2023 04:04 UTC

I'm new to using Mutt, and would like to sort emails and delete them based on various fields.

Currently I am using the following steps:

1. Sort by sender using "s" -> "f"
2. Delete by pattern using "D" and typing in the pattern, regex if needed

I would optimally like to delete all emails based on the fields in the highlighted email.

For instance, if I have multiple emails from "mail@IFTTT.com" I would like to highlight the email, then insert that field into the "D" command to delete all mail from that address.

Is there a command or tool that works like this? I was hoping that something like a tag would work but I can't find a useful option

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From: roger+cm...@nospam.firedrake.org (Roger Bell_West)
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Subject: Re: Mutt mail pattern search
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 by: Roger Bell_West - Fri, 10 Nov 2023 09:08 UTC

On 2023-11-10, Michael Dansie wrote:
>I'm new to using Mutt, and would like to sort emails and delete them based on various fields.
>
>Currently I am using the following steps:
>
>1. Sort by sender using "s" -> "f"

You're not using the same keybindings as me, and I thought I was using
default ones; your "s" is my "o". For clarity I'm going to use
internal command names (in this case "sort-mailbox"; the "help"
command, which for me is "?", will show the current bindings, and I'll
put mine below.

>2. Delete by pattern using "D" and typing in the pattern, regex if needed
>
>I would optimally like to delete all emails based on the fields in the highlighted email.
>
>For instance, if I have multiple emails from "mail@IFTTT.com" I would like to highlight the email, then insert that field into the "D" command to delete all mail from that address.

I'm not aware of anything that will do "delete messages that look like
this one", but there are several ways mutt can do something a bit like
this.

(1) delete by pattern.

delete-pattern ~fmail@IFTTT.com
D

(2) tag individual messages or by pattern, then delete tagged messages
en masse.

tag-entry
t

tag-pattern ~fmail@IFTTT.com
T

tag-prefix delete-Message
;d

You might also consider automatically sorting messages into dedicated
mailboxes, e.g. with procmail.

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From: mat...@going-flying.com (Matthew Ernisse)
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 by: Matthew Ernisse - Tue, 14 Nov 2023 01:02 UTC

On Fri, 10 Nov 2023 09:08:06 -0000 (UTC), Roger Bell_West wrote:

[ snip ]

> (2) tag individual messages or by pattern, then delete tagged messages
> en masse.
>
> tag-entry
> t
>
> tag-pattern ~fmail@IFTTT.com
> T
>
> tag-prefix delete-Message
> ;d

I use this pattern constantly, often also with tag-prefix save (;s) to
file messages. I find it extremely useful.

> You might also consider automatically sorting messages into dedicated
> mailboxes, e.g. with procmail.

I strongly endorse this as well. I tend to file automatic notifications
and search them if I end up looking for something. Procmail can have
fairly complex recipes so if you really want urgent notifications to hit
your inbox you can do that too, or even pipe the message to a script and
use something like Twilio SMS you.

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