Feature request: add a new header

[GoogleCodeExporter]

Hello,

I would like to request a new feature for a future version of mu4e:

A function to add a new header to any message (not just new messages), on an 
individual message basis (unlike Mutt's customized headers)

This would allow the user to have more flexibility with his maildir archive.

Use case: I have many thousand messages from one author, and I would like to 
keep all his emails in one folder, while being able to divide them on the book 
he is working on. I would then add a custom header to a subset of his messages, 
specifying  the book title (or its bibliographical keycode).

Thanks for considering it!

Sam Ask

Original issue reported on code.google.com by forumciv...@gmail.com on 16 Apr 2012 at 9:23

[GoogleCodeExporter]

Well, mu4e/mu doesn't really want to change the contents of messages, but it 
does support searching for the 'X-Label:' field. So if you use some other tool 
to set your tags in that field, mu/mu4e can search them (see the mu-find 
manpage).

Original comment by digg...@gmail.com on 16 Apr 2012 at 9:05

• Added labels: Type-Enhancement
• Removed labels: Type-Defect

[GoogleCodeExporter]

That is enough for me. I can try to use mu from the command line, and then 
apply a new X-Label: using awk, or perhaps elisp.

Thank you!

Original comment by forumciv...@gmail.com on 17 Apr 2012 at 10:39

[GoogleCodeExporter]

There's also a tool called 'formail' (I think it's part of procmail) that can 
add / remove headers.

Anyway, closing this issue now.

Original comment by digg...@gmail.com on 17 Apr 2012 at 6:42

• Changed state: Done