I think I kind of sorted the "not a mailbox" issues: each mailbox seems to have
its own defined directory tree, which will give the aforementioned error if not
found, or will alternatively be created but only when the mailbox is really
being used for the first time.
So I had to do this: mkdir -p $HOME/mutt/mail/{inbox,sent,trash}/{cur,new,tmp}
Now, could someone really help with the other issues, please?
Thanks again.
On 2022-08-27 11:53:50, X Tec wrote:
> Hello.
>
> After exploring all possibilities I could with IMAP, I felt like it was time
> to give POP3 a try.
> So tried the following:
> set pop_user="$user"; set pop_pass="$pass"; set pop_host="pop://$user@$url"
> set pop_delete=no; set pop_last=yes; set mbox_type=Maildir; set
> folder=~/mutt/mail; set spoolfile=+inbox; set record=+sent; set trash=+trash;
> mailboxes +inbox +sent +trash; set ssl_force_tls=yes
>
> But it's not working:
>
> ---It creates $HOME/mail/, but just "$HOME/mail/inbox is not a mailbox".
> Ctrl+O to this mailbox gives the same, until hitting 'G' key to fetch email.
>
> ---Fetching email with 'G' key just ignores the "pop_last=yes" setting
> because it always downloads all email regardless of locally read or not, even
> though other clients such as Outlook or Thunderbird don't do this mistake. So
> I don't think server doesn't support the LAST command...
>
> ---When trying to open the other mailboxes I just get the "not a mailbox"
> message, either with Ctrl+O or 'G', even if I manually create the
> corresponding directories
>
> ---A more general thing: what are Ctrl+O ("open mailbox") and '$' actually
> for?
> On IMAP Ctrl+O is the only one updating the mailboxes; '$' just says "mailbox
> is unchanged" even if there are being new messages at that instant (I have
> tested it), and only does stuff only if there are messages marked for deletion
> On POP3 both Ctrl+O and '$' seem to do nothing at all, and only 'G' downloads
> messages
>
> ---Finally, on IMAP, different email providers seem to have totally different
> ways to specify their subfolders for the variables $sent, $drafts...:
> "INBOX.sent", "[Gmail]/Sent Mail", etc. Then how am I suppose to find out
> which syntax each email service uses?
>
> Thanks beforehand for your attention.
