[Alpine-info] running Alpine off-line

[James Pittman]

Jacob Wegelin:


> Also, you can make a snapshot of your entire INBOX, then disconnect 

> from the internet and read your mail without being distracted by new 

> stuff coming in. One way to make the snapshot is as follows:



> Delete any Alpine folder called "inbox_snapshot".



> Move "into" the INBOX and "open" it.



> X [Check that no messages in INBOX are currently deleted and not yet 

> expunged, because you will soon remove the deletion mark from all 

> messages.]



> ; A [Select all messages]



> A S inbox_snapshot [Save all messages from INBOX to a new folder 

> called inbox_snapshot, which is on your local computer]



> Y [yes, this is a new folder that I want Alpine to create]



> A U [Undelete all the messages in INBOX]



> ; A [Deselect all the messages in INBOX]


Why don't you just use the Export (E) and Inport (U) commands?

Also, maildrop might be useful to you, depending on exactly what you 
want the snapshot for.