Hi all, [Just received an error about not sending in plain text, so trying again. Apologies if this is a repeated message.]
After 16 years of using pine, I've decided to make the switch to mutt. I have tens of thousands of messages stored across hundreds of mbox files on my main account. I'm using mutt's built-in IMAP support to retrieve mail through a ssh tunnel. Although I have many questions, the two most pressing at the moment are: 1) What is the best method of converting a large number of mbox folder into Maildir folders? I've read that mutt's -f and -e options are suitable for doing this. Is there a best practice I should follow? 2) What is the best way to store local copies of all messages? I'd like to read, sort, and compose responses to my mail while offline and I'd like to have a local copy of all my mail in case something goes horribly wrong with the server and its backups. I've read that fetchmail and offlineimap can accomplish this. Can mutt do this on its own? Again, is there a best practice to follow? Thanks and I look forward to joining the mutt community! TM
