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Re: Deleting local and imap Mailbox



* Michelle Konzack <linux4michelle@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> [20081229 12:15]:
> Am 2008-12-22 10:30:34, schrieb Nathan Huesken:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I use mutt with offlineimap.
> > 
> > Sometimes I want to delete whole mailboxes.
> > For that I need to delete the mailbox local and remote.
> > With <shell-escape> and can run a rm command. But how do I:
> > - Get the mailbox name? I could use the current selected one, or I could 
> > ask the user for a name, but how do I do that?
> > - Delete a mailbox on an imap server?
> 
> Unfortunately the implementation of IMAP in "mutt" is sightly incomplete
> and you can not delete IMAP folders...

Incorrect.

'c' to change folder so you get to the folder index on the IMAP
server. Once in the index, 'd' on a highlighted folder will delete
it. It's worked like that since at least 1.5.16.

Cheers,

-- 
Anders Rayner-Karlsson <anders@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
All-Round Linux Tinkerer, RHCE and PITA DeLuxe

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