** Jan Kadijk <flappie1...@gmail.com> [2010-03-20 19:33]: > On Sat, Mar 20, 2010 at 06:01:19PM +0000, Paul Tansom wrote: > > I've been using Mutt for a good few years now, but only started using it > > over > > IMAP a year or so ago and now I've started using multiple IMAP accounts with > > it. Setting this up was straight forward enough, and I can cycle through > > mailboxes with new mail in quite happily, but only if I have already checked > > mail once. What I'm trying to do, and haven't yet worked out how, is > > connect to > > all the IMAP mail accounts when I first start Mutt, so Mutt knows which ones > > have new mail in without having to manually change into each one first. Can > > anyone point me to some good references for this, I've not managed to spot > > what > > I'm looking for with Google or on the Mutt Wiki so far. <snip> > The best solution I know of, is to use OfflineIMAP. It can sync multiple > IMAP accounts to Maildirs. It works great for me. Google for a tutorial > :) ** end quote [Jan Kadijk]
I've looked at that for backup, but given the number of different machines I connect from it could cause a few problems for my setup, particularly with disk space since between the accounts I have in excess of 6G of mail folders (mostly archives) that I connect to. -- Paul Tansom | Aptanet Ltd. | http://www.aptanet.com/ | 023 9238 0001 ====================================================================== Registered in England | Company No: 4905028 | Registered Office: Crawford House, Hambledon Road, Denmead, Waterlooville, Hants, PO7 6NU