Re: Mutt and courier-imap
On Tue, Feb 27, 2007 at 10:37:23AM +0100, John wrote:
> I'm using Mutt locally with Maildir folders, and now I would like to run
> courier-imap on top of this.
>
> So I want to: (1) use ssh+mutt and (2) use thunderbird+imap(s) to access
> my mail, both using the same Maildir tree.
>
> Is this possible? I.e., mutt and courier are using (R/W access) the same
> physical mail store.
>
> Any pointers would be appreciated. I guess an alternative would be to
> have Mutt use IMAP on the localhost?
It's possible; you'll probably want to adjust the setting of $mask so
you can see the - I used to
use 'set mask="^\\."'.
Someone did a patch for Courier's "Maildir++" scheme (which, AFAIK,
isn't any kind of standard), but I don't think it's been maintained.
w