Mikko Hänninen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:

> >     2. I found the documentation concerning mailboxes/folders (are they
> >     the same thing?) confusing.
> 
> Generally, the terms "mailbox" and "(mail) folder" are used
> interchangeably.  Sometimes I've seen mailbox to refer to "your
> incoming mailbox", leaving "mail folders" to be specifically
> everything else but the incoming mailbox/folder.  However I think
> that the Mutt manual just uses the two words interchangeably.

I suggested to Thomas that the documentation should perhaps be more
consistent and use just one of the terms. I would guess "mailbox", as
that's the term used in the RFCs.

Edmund

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