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Re: maildir trouble



* natxete@xxxxxxxxx (natxete@xxxxxxxxx) wrote:
> recently I switched from mbox to maildir format. Now everytime I read a
> message in my inbox with mutt and subsequently close mutt, this message is
> deleted! This does not happen to messages delivered with procmail to other
> folders.
> 
> My .muttrc:
> 
> set mbox_type=Maildir
> set folder=~/Maildir
> set spoolfile=~/Maildir
> set record="+.Sent"
> set mask="!^\\.[^.]"
> set postponed="+.Drafts"
> set move=yes
> set copy=yes
> set maildir_trash=yes
> mailboxes `\\
> 
> echo -n "+ "; \\
> 
> for file in ~/Maildir/.*; do \\
> 
> box=$(basename "$file"); \\
> 
> if [ ! "$box" = '.' -a ! "$box" = '..' -a ! "$box" = '.archive' \\
> 
> -a ! "$box" = '.courierimaphieracl' -a ! "$box" = '.courierimapkeywords'
> ]; then \\
> 
> echo -n "\"+$box\" "; \\
> 
> fi; \\
> 
> done`
> 
> I really do not know what the problem is, any help is greatly appreciated.

Do you have anything set in your .muttrc for mbox?  You have move=yes
which moves read mail from your spoolfile to whatever is defined for
mbox.  By default it is ~/mbox.

I'm guessing that your mail is sitting in ~/mbox.

Sincerely,

Ian Wat

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