Re: mutt newbie question re: IMAP INBOX
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On Thursday, July 6 at 12:29 PM, quoth Charles:
> So there are two INBOX entries listed, the first with IMAP+ in front
> and second with just IMAP. If I select IMAP+INBOX, then it just
> goes back to the list of subfolders. If I select IMAP INBOX, then
> it shows the contents of the INBOX.
>
> Is this making sense? Is this correct behavior?
Yes to both questions. In IMAP, folders can contain both messages and
folders, and the most common example is the INBOX. Depending on the
server, this may be exposed as a single folder listing or as two
folders with the same name; looks like your server does the latter.
> Basically, what I would like to have happen is when I do c-?, I get
> a list of all the subfolders, just like now, but when I select the
> ../, it would go back to listing the contents of INBOX.
Heh, sorry - the thing is that according to the IMAP spec, folders do
not *have* to be subfolders of your INBOX. You can (and many people
do), for example, have a Trash folder at the same "level" in the
hierarchy as the inbox, and selecting the ../ entry is a way to view
that "level" in the folder browser, whether you have additional
non-INBOX folders in that level or not.
> Or, should I not care about this? :)
It's probably easier to make yourself a macro for going back to your
INBOX (e.g. in a single keystroke).
~Kyle
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