On Mon, Apr 13, 2009 at 03:21:05PM -0500, Kyle Wheeler wrote: > On Monday, April 13 at 08:47 PM, quoth Arthur Dent: > > set record="imaps://192.168.123.101/Sent" > > > > When I installed the SSL certificate I had to change the imaps folder > > and spoolfile references to be ...192.168.123.101:12345 (with 12345 > > being the non-standard secure port that dovecot listens on. > > Why use a non-standard secure port? I mean, if you have a particular > reason, that's cool, I'm just thinking: Dovecot *can* use the standard > secure port (I use Dovecot for precisely that). Well some years ago I had a sustained attack on my open ports (mainly SSH - port 22) but also on various others. As far as I'm aware no harm was done, but one of the countermeasures I took then was to move SSH to a non-standard port. Whilst at it I moved most of the other common ones too. > > I guess I need to do the same with the $record reference? > > Yes - anything that tells mutt how to talk to the IMAP server needs to > be updated whenever you change your IMAP server's settings. That's one > reason the $folder shortcut is so convenient, because you can do this: > > set folder="imaps://mark@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:12345/" > set spoolfile="+" > set record="+Sent" > set postponed="+Drafts" > > Thus, if you ever change your IMAP settings again, you only have to > change ONE setting (the $folder setting), instead of four. (Keep in > mind, though, that order is important: define $folder BEFORE the other > ones.) This is a brilliant suggestion. I have implemented it as you suggest. Thank you once again for all your help and consideration. Much appreciated! Mark
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