#3136: Please merge sendbox mode (Outbox for some IMAP servers)
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Reporter: KiBi | Owner: brendan
Type: enhancement | Status: new
Priority: minor | Milestone:
Component: IMAP | Version:
Keywords: patch |
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Aron Griffis published a patch[1,2] so that mutt can be used as an IMAP
client that is Outbox-aware. That's a Courier-IMAP[3] feature that allows
for sending mails when they are added to a particular box (which defaults
to INBOX.Outbox when this mode is enabled on the server).
That proves to be particularly useful when one is using remote IMAP
through offlineimap, since there's no need to have a local MTA, to track
network status and the like (I've been using postfix and postqueue -f for
some years now). Just taking care of running offlineimap (for both
incoming and outgoing mail at the same time) is then sufficient.
1. http://n01senet.blogspot.com/2006/10/scratching-mutt-
part-1-introducing.html
2. http://n01senet.blogspot.com/2007/02/scratching-mutt-part-2-patch-
and.html
3. http://www.inter7.com/courierimap/INSTALL.html#imapsend
The original patch was designed for mutt 1.5.12 and said to apply on
1.5.13 as well. I've “ported” it to 1.5.18, and it looks like it now
applies on both the pristine 1.5.18 release and the “patched” version as
used in the Debian mutt-patched package.
I didn't really get the reason for keeping sent mails as unread, so I'm
proposing a tiny modification.
(I'll try and use hg next time, I've still got to read the manual a bit
more before before efficient enough.)
Mraw,[[BR]]
!KiBi.
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