Dan Anderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> The documentation says cryptically that one should point to the imap
> mail box with a construction like: { imapserver}UserMailBox. Does
> this mean: {foobar.idiot.org}Mbox where Mbox is the user processesd
> Inbox /var/mail name. Will the construction
> {foobar.idiot.org}/var/mail/isafool also work?
The namespace that your IMAP server understand is server-dependent.
Many of them understand paths as you give above, but many do not.
You are correct that what's between the {curly.braces} is the name of
your IMAP server. What follows the trailing brace is the name of the
mailbox to open.
In general, the reserved name "INBOX" can be used to refer to your
default spool box. Mutt will default to this if you simply give no
mailbox at all. So you can give the path "{imap.example.com}INBOX", or
"{imap.example.com}", and your default mailbox should open, after Mutt
prompts you for a username and password.
Also in general, you can refer to mailboxes in your home directory by
simply referring to the mailbox name directly after the trailing brace.
So, "{imap.example.com}mbox" will probably refer to a file called "mbox"
in your home directory on the IMAP server. The way to reference a
subdirectory is server-dependent, but it will usually be something like
"{imap.example.com}Mail/folder" or "{imap.example.com}Mail.folder".
Won't it be nice when folder browsing makes its way into the stable
branch of Mutt...
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