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Mac Mail.app: keyboard "move" folder select?
duus | May 20 2008
Hello. On PINE (my old mail program) I could file mail quickly; “s foldername” would file the current message into foldername. (I could even tab-complete!) I would LOVE to be able to do that on Mail.app: a keyboard-only way to file messages. Does anyone know of any way to do that? (Looked on Versiontracker, googled it; I found nothin’.) POSTED IN:
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System Preferences > Keyboard
First, make sure you have a unique name for your mailbox that doesn’t match any other menu item name. Then, go to System Preferences > Keyboard and set a keyboard shortcut to the mailbox name. (I replicated the ctrl+shift+v shortcut that I use on my work PC.) What you are actually setting is a shortcut to Mail’s Message > Move to… > [Mailbox Name] menu selection. (Pardon me if I don’t have the exact menu items right. I’m doing this from memory on my work PC.)
HTH