Re: Can mutt read both mbox and maildir for one user
On Thu, Sep 14, 2006 at 01:51:10AM -0400, Carthik Sharma wrote:
> I use Maildir mailboxes, and have mutt configured to read mail from
> maildir folders. However, I want to archive old emails, and the best
> option seems to be to use gzipped mbox archives. I want to be able to
> read these archived mail when needed.
>
> Can I enable mutt to read the mbox.gz files while also continuing to
> read the Maildirs as I do now? How would I start changing my .muttrc
> to enable mutt to read both types of mailboxes?
Mutt will read mbox / maildir / mh mailboxes without any special
configuration. But if you want to read compressed folders, you'll need
to apply one of the compressed folder patches, unless you are using a
version which already has this patch applied.
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