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Re: mutt new mail notification



Hi,

* Christoph Ludwig wrote:

> > 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/"

Uh, that sounds the perfect use case for $folder. Have you looked at it?

> > 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.

Please have a look at the $imap_passive option.

Rocco