Brian D. Winters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> set spoolfile='{imapserver}inbox'
> set folder='{imapserver}INBOX'
That first setting works, and makes sense, but the second doesn't. Mutt
will take the second setting and expand it whenever a path is referenced
that starts with "=" or "+". It doesn't have any other significance, so
if you don't use those prefixes, then you don't even have to set
$folder.
But, as shown, a folder name such as "+folder" would expand out to be
"{imapserver}INBOX/folder". That's clearly the wrong path; it should be
"{imapserver}folder" to reference a folder stored in your home
directory.
But Mutt insists on inserting that slash character, so a setting of
simple "{imapserver}" for $folder would expand to "{imapserver}/folder",
which refers to a file in the root directory, and not the user's home
directory.
On my server, I have login access, and so I have placed all
my folders in a subdirectory called "mail". So, I can set
folder="{imapserver}mail", and thus Mutt will expand "+folder"
to be "{imapserver}mail/folder", which is correct.
Well.. it's correct, if your server uses "/" as a pathname separator.
If it only understands ".", the above wouldn't work...
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