On 02Sep2015 11:15, Matthew Phillips <matt...@matthewphillips.info> wrote:
On Wed, Sep 02, 2015 at 08:06:24AM -0700, Ian Zimmerman wrote:
On 2015-09-02 08:19 -0400, Matthew Phillips wrote:
> I have a FastMail account and have set up a macro to send messages to
> the Archive:
> macro index,pager y "<save-message>Archive<enter><enter>" "Archive"
> However when I do this and then check in the webmail they are not in the
> Archive (and not in the Inbox). Where are they going?
Have you checked for a local file named Archive?
Indeed, there is a local file named Archive! So that's where they've
been going. So, I got it to work by prefixing everything with INBOX:
macro index,pager y "<save-message>=INBOX.Archive<enter><enter>"
"Archive"
I admit I don't fully get what is going on here. I don't know what this
magical "INBOX" is or how mutt knows that it means store it on the imap
server. I don't know what a spoolfile is or what mailboxes is (mine is
=INBOX). Oh, and I don't know why so much configuration is prefixed by
=.
It isn't "INBOX", it is "=". This is shorthand for the value of $folder:
http://www.mutt.org/doc/devel/manual.html#folder
Pretty much all your references to you normal folder (IMAP in your case) should
commence with an "=".
The leading "INBOX." may just be some convention for your particular IMAP
server - try leaving it off. I confess I don't understand why many IMAP
services put Archive and Sent etc "inside" the INBOX. Happy to learn some
background on this.
Cheers,
Cameron Simpson <c...@zip.com.au>
I think that is why I like rec.moto; regular posters here have developed
virtual asbestos underwear and it takes a really hot flaming statement, as
opposed to a humorous aside, to start the flame guns going. Well, oK, all
you have to say is "guns" or "constitution" or "Harley" and it starts a flame
war, but that stuff is easy to pick out and ignore ;-).
- Sheryl Katz <slk...@netcom.com>
