Can mutt 'scroll its dir/list while off-line'?

[Avoi...@gmail.com]

Perhaps I haven't got it setup suitably.
My on-line time is expensive, so I need to retain the
listing-of-mails-at-the-ISP for days.

AFAICS they only show and can be scrolled while mutt is on line.
Which is disasterous crap.

Can you d/l the <mail-dir> and fetch 3 random mails, and
delete 4 random mails, the next time you go on line, from
the previously fetched <mail-dir> ?

== TIA

[Kai Burghardt]

Hi,

On 2013-02-11, Avoi...@gmail.com <Avoi...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Perhaps I haven't got it setup suitably.
> My on-line time is expensive, so I need to retain the
> listing-of-mails-at-the-ISP for days.
>
> AFAICS they only show and can be scrolled while mutt is on line.
> Which is disasterous crap.

Mutt can't. Have a look on offlineimap.

> Can you d/l the <mail-dir> and fetch 3 random mails, and
> delete 4 random mails, the next time you go on line, from
> the previously fetched <mail-dir> ?

That's such a specific action you want that you have manage that on your
own (at least by writing scripts).
--
Sincerely yours
Kai Burghardt