Re: is it possible to go to the folders via the sidebar?

[Globe Trotter via Mutt-users]

On Sunday, October 25, 2020, 6:35:37 PM CDT, Kevin Shell <ksh...@gmx.com> 
wrote: 





On Sun, Oct 25, 2020 at 04:22:27PM +0000, Globe Trotter via Mutt-users wrote:
> Thanks for your e-mail.
>
> On Sunday, October 25, 2020, 10:59:15 AM CDT, Kevin Shell <ksh...@gmx.com> 
> wrote:
>
>
> > Welcom another newbie. :-)
> > You're not using mutt to send to the list, what a pity. :-)
>
> Yes, I have to figure out how to get to Yahoo! Mail from IMAP/POP.
>
> > There is no key to got to the sidebar, you have to exec the sidebar-* 
> > functions, you can bind some keys to them.
>
> > Here are my bindings:
> > bind index,pager B sidebar-toggle-visible
> > bind index,pager \CN sidebar-next
> > bind index,pager \CP sidebar-prev
> >  bind index,pager \CF sidebar-first
> > bind index,pager \CL sidebar-last
> > bind index,pager \CO sidebar-open
>
> What does it mean to exec the sidebar-* functions? For me, the last one 
> (which I presumed opens a mailbox) does not work.
>
I mean the set of functions that start with sidebar-.

> I highlight on the folder user1 and I get: /home/maitra/gt/user1  is not a 
> mailbox.
>
> However, it is a mailbox because when I do c -> =user1 I get to the mailbox 
> and list of mails in there.
>

What type of mailbox do you use, have you set the mailbox type?

Thanks, yes, I have set the mailbox type to Maildir (that is what I use).