Re: [maildropl] maildir question / Mutt related as well
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From: Gary <gar...@my...> - 2003-04-28 05:28:08
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On Sun, Apr 27, 2003 at 08:50:36PM -0400 or thereabouts, Rick Reumann wrote: > I know this isn't a maildrop question per se, but since I'm trying to > use maildir format in the way described in the man pages I'd appreciate > some help with a problem I'm having with Mutt and maildir. > > According to the docs on maildir you should create maildir folders with > a '.' in front. So for example part of my current structure looks like: I have never set up a maildir like this. I use maildirmake to actually make the maildir with cur / new /tmp... It should be done this way. You don't need dots, just use maildirmake to make other maildir inside the main mail dir... I have about 40 this way. Using maildirmake is the only proper way to make a Maildir. > The first problem I'm having is Mutt says that it can use maildir > format... if that's the case shouldn't it ingore the '.' so that I could As far as mutt is concerned, you have to tell it, via .muttrc that it will use Maildir instead of mbox format.. You need to add these lines and comment out lines having to do with mbox format. mailboxes ~/Maildir/ set folder=~/Maildir/ set mbox_type=Maildir set spoolfile=~/Maildir/ > Is there something I'm doing wrong setting up maildir format or is this > a limitation with Mutt? It most certainly is not a limitation with Mutt. Please see the mutt list archives for additional info, or the FAQs. In your default local .mailfilter, you must also tell maildrop what to look for: DEFAULT="/home/yourname/Maildir/" Then your recipe in maildrop would contain something like this in the "to" section: to "./Maildir/maildp/" As you can see, the maildp maildir is located within the main Maildir, as are my other 40. HTH. -- Gary |