** Paul Tansom <p...@aptanet.com> [2015-09-26 17:43]: > ** Cameron Simpson <c...@zip.com.au> [2015-09-26 12:58]: > > On 26Sep2015 08:00, Cameron Simpson <c...@zip.com.au> wrote: > > >The muttrc is read just once at startup. It looks like you want to source > > >your per-domain files on folder switch. I'd be inclined to prepend "set > > >imap_user = p...@domain1.com" to your muttrc.domain1.com file, and write > > >the hooks like this: > > > > > >account-hook imaps://em...@domain1.com@imap.localdomain.com 'source > > >~/.mutt/muttrc.domain1.com' > > >account-hook imaps://em...@domain2.com@imap.localdomain.com 'source > > >~/.mutt/muttrc.domain2.com' > > > > > >and so forth. That way the _entire_ domainX.com setup is sources on folder > > >switch. > > > > I've been doing some tests (and swanking up my muttrc config). And reading > > the Fine Manual: > > > > http://www.mutt.org/doc/devel/manual.html#account-hook > > > > It seems that the account-hooks are only consulted when mutt needs to access > > a remote folder (IMAP, etc). It is consulted not just when you visit an IMAP > > folder but also whe mutt polls a remote folder, etc. So anything in an > > account-hook might be run at any time, depending on your config. > > > > By contrast the folder-hooks are used reliably for every folder entry. > > > > So I've now got the following in my setup (somewhat edited here): > > > > set my_cs='c...@zip.com.au' > > set my_cs_iphone='email-which-delivers-to-my-phone@blah' > > set my_cs_clipboard='email-which-delivers-a-shared-folder@glargh' > > set my_local_mail="$HOME/mail" > > > > folder-hook . 'set my_account_email=$my_cs; set folder=$my_local_mail' > > folder-hook 'imaps://my-phone-imap/' 'set my_account_email=$my_cs_iphone' > > folder-hook 'imaps://the-clipboard-imap/' 'set > > my_account_email=$my_cs_clipboard' > > folder-hook . 'set status_format="$my_account_email [Msgs:%?M?%M/?%m%?n? > > New:%n?%?o? Old:%o?%?d? Del:%d?%?F? Flag:%F?%?t? Tag:%t?%?p? Post:%p?%?b? > > Inc:%b?%?l? %l?]---(%s/%S)-%>-(%P)"' > > > > account-hook . 'unset imap_user; unset imap_pass; unset tunnel' > > account-hook 'imaps://my-phone-imap/' 'source "cs-mutt-imap-settings > > cs-iphone-cc |"' > > account-hook 'imaps://the-clipboard-imap/' 'source "cs-mutt-imap-settings > > clipboard |"' > > > > The folder-hooks run on every folder entry, including the last one which > > sets a per-folder $status_format. The account-* files set only usernames and > > passwords, sucked from my .fetchmailrc. > > > > You might find it useful to move your status_format into folder-hooks and > > keep the account-hooks purely for passwords. > ** end quote [Cameron Simpson] > > Looks interesting, I'll have to explore further. I've been tidying my config > too. Initially removed some folder-hook lines at the bottom that seemed to > duplicate everything that was in the source files for my account-hook lines > (a legacy from earlier configs I think). Having looked at your previous email > I experimented with moving the imap_user into the source'd file and it did > allow the config to modify the status_format. > > There were a few downsides to this: > > Firstly, the tab completion of the accounts when changing directory vanished; > I used to be able to start with im for imaps:// and tab complete from there. > > Secondly, once all accounts were modified it stalled on sorting mail; this > was fixed by putting an imap_user in for the default account. > > Thirdly, once I manually type account details in (imaps://... etc.) and > switch to a different account the performance nose dives and everything > pauses before each action, even when I switch back to the main account > performance is poor - likely due to the fact that using = hasn't switch to > referring to the main account. I've also just noticed I've lost my signature. > > Clearly this needs more work, and I'm learning quite a bit in the process. It > is amazing how long you can get along using some software without fully > understanding everything about it. I started using Mutt back in 2001 I think. ** end quote [Paul Tansom]
I think I've got it sorted. I've had a bit of fun with my muttrc and will probably experiment further as I'm sure I could tidy and improve things more. My account-hook lines now just have the imap_user line with them and everything else that was in the file sourced has moved to matching folder-hook lines. For a while I had these in separate files linked using a source entry, but in the end I moved the account-hook line into my main muttrc and left the rest of the configuration in the sourced file. I suspect I might be able to put things back the way they were since the reason I tried that change has been solved by another modification - namely putting all my mailbox lines into a single file that is sourced higher up the main muttrc. That said, with the folder-hook within the source'd files I did find I had problems with multiple timeouts of the connection to the IMAP server, so I'm not rushing to play with this. This means I can tab complete and cycle through folders easily; when these were in the individual files for the folder-hooks they weren't read until the account was accessed. The other thing I've done is put a default spoolfile and folder line in the main muttrc because all my accounts use IMAP so without these mutt tries to use a local mailbox that doesn't exist. Everything now seems to be working as it was, but with the aditional indication of which account I'm in. Looking at your config above I think I can improve things with some use of variables, but I'll have to experiment a bit to see how generic I can make the config. The only other thing I've done is start all my config files with muttrc_. They are already in a .muttrc folder, but using muttrc_colours, muttrc_mailboxes, etc. and not using .'s in my file names (i.e. not having them ending in .com for my .com domains) means I get proper syntax highlighting in vim - not a mutt issue, but made things easier for me once I'd made the changes to all references! Thanks for the help. -- Paul Tansom | Aptanet Ltd. | https://www.aptanet.com/ | 023 9238 0001 Vice Chair, FSB Portsmouth & SE Hampshire Branch | http://www.fsb.org.uk/ ============================================================================= Registered in England | Company No: 4905028 | Registered Office: Ralls House, Parklands Business Park, Forrest Road, Denmead, Waterlooville, Hants, PO7 6XP
