On Thu, Jun 20, 2024 at 02:25:41PM -0400, Kurt Hackenberg wrote: > On Thu, Jun 20, 2024 at 11:18:48AM -0700, Will Yardley wrote: > > > ...I agree the docs could make it more clear. > > The docs never mention it, not even once.
If by "the docs" you're referring only to the man pages, vs. the Mutt wiki and other online docs, you're right that they don't explicitly mention that it can refer to a remote mailbox. I've personally never found it confusing, and have been using it this way for years; I think almost any online examples of configuring IMAP will also use this, since without it, running "mutt" will result in opening the wrong inbox. In modern terms, maybe calling the variable "$inbox" or something would make more sense to more people, but obviously it would be unlikely to be renamed at this point. I think you're just taking too literal a view of "spool mailbox" That said, I'm throwing this up as a start at making this a little more clear in the online docs. https://gitlab.com/muttmua/mutt/-/merge_requests/177 If there are other docs that are part of the mutt codebase that folks think should be adjusted, happy to take a pass at that in there as well. /w
