On 25Oct2020 23:43, Globe Trotter via Mutt-users <mutt-users@mutt.org> wrote: >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: >> 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-.
Which, BTW, are documented here: http://mutt.org/doc/manual/#sidebar >> I highlight on the folder user1 and I get: /home/maitra/gt/user1 is not a >> mailbox. Hmm, me too. >> 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). The $mbox_type is only relevant when crreating a new folder. Mutt should existing autorecognise mbox, Maildir, MH. Cheers, Cameron Simpson <c...@cskk.id.au> (formerly c...@zip.com.au)