Re: save mail to folder instead of sending

Ranjan Maitra via Mutt-users wrote (Tue 2026-Jun-23 19:20:04 -0500):

> ... I would like to save email to a (Maildir) folder when I press send (instead of actually sending it).

How about changing what happens when you press "y" in the
composer? (Or use a key other than "y".)

Maybe something like a macro that remembers the current value
of the $postponed variable, sets $postponed to your desired
folder, calls function <postpone-message>, reverts back the
value of $postponed?

Or maybe a macro that runs "<write-fcc>=foofolder<enter>"
followed by "<exit>" (for not actually calling $sendmail),
possibly wrapped in temporarily setting the $postpone variable
to "no"?

Yes, those approaches would probably skip a bunch of checks
Mutt performs before sending a message (such as asking if
you really want to send with an empty subject). If that's not
acceptable, maybe set $sendmail to /bin/false, call
<send-message>, answer questions, live with the error message,
then run a macro as above?

Cheers, Marcus

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   Marcus C. Gottwald  ·  <[email protected]>  ·  @mcg:cheers.de