On Wed, November 14, 2012 05:55, Linda wrote:
> I use dovecot with Maildir for the imap server. I can view
> the inbox fine but can't access or list  the subdirectories
>
> Here is the .muttrc lines that would be relevant
>
> set spoolfile=imap://office-mail@star/
> set folder=imap://office-mail@star/
> set record=imap://office-mail@star/Sent
> set imap_user=office-mail
> mailboxes =/home/office-mail/Maildir/
>   mailboxes + `\
>   for file in ~/.maildir/.*; do \
>     box=$(basename "$file"); \
>     if [ ! "$box" = '.' -a ! "$box" = '..' -a ! "$box" =
> '.customflags' \
>         -a ! "$box" = '.subscriptions' ]; then \
>       echo -n "\"+$box\" "; \
>     fi; \
> done; \
>   for folder in ~/.maildir/*; do \
>     if [ -x $folder]; then \
>           box=$(basename "$folder"); \
>           for file in ~/.maildir/$box/.*; do \
>                  box2=$(basename "$file"); \
>                  if [ ! "$box2" = '.' -a ! "$box2" = '..' -a
> ! "$box2" = '.customflags' \
>                   -a ! "$box2" = '.subscriptions' ]; then \
>                     echo -n "\"+$box/$box2\" "; \
>                  fi; \
>           done; \
>      fi; \
>    done`
>
> I am pretty sure I need to change ~/maildir to something but
> don't know what to use in its place.  Also I changed
> mailboxes from Mail to Maildir but it doesn't seem to change
> anything. I also tired a set mask command I found in some
> howtos but then I lost the inbox.

I used to generate the folder list on the fly, using a small perl
script, which queries the IMAP Server directly:¹

¹ http://article.gmane.org/gmane.mail.mutt.user/29341

regards,
Chstian

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