Setting up filters in mail/alpine

Probably it's not the best place I can ask this, but with quick search I didn't find any forums/mailing lists for Alpine mail client :)

I want to do the following: create a filter in mail/alpine that would COPY a mail from IMAP server to local directory (i.e. without deleting this mail from the server). So far I've managed to do this only with MOVING the mail to local directory. But it removes the mail from the server. Then I tried the following: set a 'Move' action in Filter rules and also select a 'Clear Delete State' action, which I though would first move the mail to local folder (as part of it, mark it deleted on the server) and then mark it undeleted again, which would save the mail. But it didn't work.

I found that action I'm actually looking for is called 'Saving' in Alpine's terms: I can hit 'S' on a mail and it will prompt me for path to save the mail to. I tried this and it works - it does the local copy, but keeps the mail on server. But I want it to be automatically done as part of a filter. I don't see 'Copy' action in filter action list (only 'Move'). I don't see any opportunity to specify sort of custom filter actions either.

So, I'd like to call for some help from Alpine users: how I can 'Save' the message to local folder as part of the filter action?
 
"Web and Network services" would fit better, even though this is more about a client configuration than the actual IMAP/Mail service itself. But in this case the client does use a "network service" (your mail server), it probably fits better than "Off-topic" ;)
 
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