On 25Oct2020 23:43, Globe Trotter via Mutt-users <[email protected]> wrote:
>On Sunday, October 25, 2020, 6:35:37 PM CDT, Kevin Shell <[email protected]>
>wrote:
>On Sun, Oct 25, 2020 at 04:22:27PM +0000, Globe Trotter via Mutt-users wrote:
>> What does it mean to exec the sidebar-* functions? For me, the last one
>> (which I presumed opens a mailbox) does not work.
>>
>I mean the set of functions that start with sidebar-.
Which, BTW, are documented here:
http://mutt.org/doc/manual/#sidebar
>> I highlight on the folder user1 and I get: /home/maitra/gt/user1 is not a
>> mailbox.
Hmm, me too.
>> However, it is a mailbox because when I do c -> =user1 I get to the mailbox
>> and list of mails in there.
>
>What type of mailbox do you use, have you set the mailbox type?
>
>Thanks, yes, I have set the mailbox type to Maildir (that is what I use).
The $mbox_type is only relevant when crreating a new folder. Mutt should
existing autorecognise mbox, Maildir, MH.
Cheers,
Cameron Simpson <[email protected]> (formerly [email protected])
