On Thu, Jun 20, 2024 at 11:42:20AM -0700, Will Yardley wrote:
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.
Obviously the manual was not updated when the IMAP client was added.
20 years ago? Does $spoolfile work for POP too? That's probably even older.
It's a reasonable extension, but it should have been documented.
There also should have been some attempt to improve the name -- maybe
add a new variable $default_mailbox, whose default value would be
$spoolfile. Too late now, I guess.
If I had ever wanted that added function, I probably would have tried
it, to see if it worked. I've never wanted Mutt to default to some
IMAP server; I configure that explicitly.
