On Tue, Feb 27, 2007 at 10:37:23AM +0100, John wrote: > I'm using Mutt locally with Maildir folders, and now I would like to run > courier-imap on top of this. > > So I want to: (1) use ssh+mutt and (2) use thunderbird+imap(s) to access > my mail, both using the same Maildir tree. > > Is this possible? I.e., mutt and courier are using (R/W access) the same > physical mail store. > > Any pointers would be appreciated. I guess an alternative would be to > have Mutt use IMAP on the localhost?
It's possible; you'll probably want to adjust the setting of $mask so you can see the - I used to use 'set mask="^\\."'. Someone did a patch for Courier's "Maildir++" scheme (which, AFAIK, isn't any kind of standard), but I don't think it's been maintained. w