Re: mutt new mail notification

[Christoph Ludwig <ludwig@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 10:10:55AM +0200, Christoph Ludwig wrote:
[...]
> However, that triggered two further questions:
> 
> 1) Is there a way to define custom mailbox shortcuts so I don't have to type
> in the full imaps URL every time I switch to a folder on the company server?
> The only workaround I see after reading section 4.7 of the manual is to define
> a number of aliases with fake addresses and make the folders on the company
> server the default save folder for these aliases. However, this seems a crude
> hack to me.

I realized that binding the base URL to a key in the editor does exactly what
I want:

  macro editor '#' "imaps://COMPANY\\christoph\\christoph.ludwig@company-dn/"


> 2) mutt checks for mail in the company mailbox only after I logged into the
> mailbox at least once and therefore entered my password. Is there a way to
> make mutt request the passwords for all accounts referenced in the mailboxes
> list at program start? I don't want to put the passwords in a configuration
> file.

So that's the only issue left.

Regards

Christoph