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Save all attachments of all tagged messages with mutt

Question about saving all attachments of tagged messages with Mutt. Mutt is a versatile text-based email client, and it offers several features to help you manage your email attachments. To save all attachments of tagged messages in Mutt, you can use a combination of Mutt's built-in features and shell scripting. Here's a general outline of the process: 1. **Tag Messages**:    - Open Mutt and tag the messages containing attachments that you want to save. You can do this by pressing `T` to tag messages individually, or use a pattern to tag multiple messages at once. 2. **View Tagged Messages**:    - After tagging the desired messages, press `T` (uppercase) to view only the tagged messages in the index. 3. **Save Attachments with Pipe Command**:    - While viewing the tagged messages, you can save the attachments using the `pipe-message` command. This command allows you to run an external script on the tagged messages. For instance, you can pipe the tagged messages to a shell scri