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From: Christian Kujau <lists@nerdbynature.de>
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Subject: Re: Create nickname for existing mbox message file
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On Mon, 27 Jul 2026, Rich Shepard wrote:
> I've used pine and alpine since I defenestrated to linux 29 years ago. I

Different "Alpine" -- ITYM the email client:

 https://mailman23.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/alpine-info

> I want to add a nickname of the personal file back in the Incoming-Folders
> collection but my web searches (and a NetworkAdmin friend's help efforts)
> have not found a way to do this.

I don't know if the Alpine MUA supports "nicknames". But maybe play around 
with symbolic links, so directories (folders) show up under different 
names?

C.
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