On 29Oct2009 11:03, Charles Howard <incuba...@hotmail.co.uk> wrote: | My mail is on the harddrive=2C not IMAP=2C so I can't use C to | create a folder. | Instead I write an entry in procmail sending | mail to the folder I want to create=2C then send myself a matching | email. This way I can create Maildir folders and subfolders.=20
I create Maildir folders with a tiny script, which essentially goes: mkdir "$dir" "$dir/new" "$dir/cur" "$dir/tmp" where "$dir" is the folder directory. | So=2C for example=2C I can create Maildir/0/ and then Maildir/0/journal1/ | | But in the folder list only 0 shows up. If I press enter on 0=20 | I just get a blank screen. I'm not trying to put emails as well | as folders in 0. I just have the one subfolder. I can see (from | the shell) that Maildir/0/journal1/new/ contains an email=2C but | cannot get to it from within mutt.=20 | | I'm probably missing something obvious=2C but can't see what it is.=20 Maybe you want to use the "mailboxes" muttrc setting to enumerate the journal folders? (See "man muttrc"). I'm afraid I don't use the mutt foler list; I tend to quit mutt and then open a new one in another folder. Clunky but habitual. Others will have to advise you on getting mutt to show you your (sub)folders more easily. Cheers, -- Cameron Simpson <c...@zip.com.au> DoD#743 http://www.cskk.ezoshosting.com/cs/ Death before dishonor / Drugs before lunch - Aspen Gun and Drug Club
