On Tue, Feb 18, 2003 at 01:29:32PM -0600, Jonathan Angliss wrote:
> Unfortunately UW-IMAP doesn't allow for that to happen. What I mean is
> UW has two states... it's a folder, or a file. UW doesn't allow for
> mail to be stored in a folder, but a folder can contain files, which
> in turn can contain mails.

This is not strictly true.  Ignoring the third party support for
maildir, UW Imap has it's own .mx format, similar to maildir, which does
allow for folders that contain both mail and other formats.  To get
uw-imap to use this you need to put 

        set new-folder-format mx

into /etc/c-client.cf (for global settings) or ~/.imaprc (for per-user
settings).

The c-client.cf file is very useful, though not officially documented.
For example, if you put 

        set mail-subdirectory mail

then you can make UW Imap look in ~/mail/ rather than ~/ for mail,
without having to recompile the app.

-- 
Bruce

I object to intellect without discipline.  I object to power without
constructive purpose. -- Spock

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