On Wed, Feb 21, 2007 at 05:45:21PM +0100, Michelle Konzack wrote: > Am 2007-02-14 16:45:42, schrieb Chris Bannister: > > That would be great! Would this be ok: > > # Mailboxes which get new mail. > > mailboxes `echo $HOME/.Maildir/*` > > No it would not since you have to setup: > > set folder=imaps://localhost
or folder=~/Maildir # courier-imap default ?? > mailboxes =INBOX \ > =INBOX.IN-debian-user \ > ... > > You need to creatre a small BASH/Perl/Python/Whatelse-Script > to generate the list. Umm, why? > And then, poll the mailboxes under IMAP take 100 times longer > then polling a Maildir directly local. Ahh, so there are some disadvantages under IMAP, but 100x? > > When mail arrives into one of the mailboxes i.e. will mutt say "New mail > > in $HOME/.Maildir/IN-debian-user" then if you press c then return will > > mutt 'open' $HOME/.Maildir/IN-debian-user and the new message is flagged > > as new just as it does now? > > Yes, but you should not use more then 50 "mailboxes" to poll. > Oterwise you can give you a shoot while mutt is checking the Mailboxes for > new messages. > > I have 5800 Mailfolder and must check 180 of them permanently... > Now I run 6 instances of mutt parallel with different "mailboxes" settings. 5800 Mailfolders under .Maildir/INBOX, I don't really see me dealing with that many. :-) Will check out performance once I have it operational though. :-) -- Chris. ====== Don't forget to check that your /etc/apt/sources.lst entries point to etch and not testing, otherwise you may end up with a broken system once etch goes stable. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
