Hi, Just changed from a configuration where mutt talks to the maildir folders on the filesystem directly to a configuration where mutt communicates to the imaps on the localhost... I have a minor issue. In the folder listing I have: 1 IMAP ../ 2 IMAP + abuse. 3 IMAP abuse-cerberus 4 IMAP + admin. 5 IMAP arpwatch 6 IMAP + backup. [...] The second, fourth and sixth mailboxes contain sub-folders. The manual says: In lieu of file permissions, mutt displays the string "IMAP", possibly followed by the symbol "+", indicating that the entry contains both messages and subfolders. On Cyrus-like servers folders will often contain both messages and subfolders. The thing is, most of the mailboxes that are marked with a "+" do contain subfolders, but they do not contain any messages. I presume, the "+" mark is present because the mailbox does have the maildir folders "cur", "new" and "tmp". So, the "+" sign doesn't tell whether the folder contains messages as well, but just whether it *could* contain messages. Right? Then, I noticed that in the IMAP folder listing, any folder that contains any sub-folders has this trailing dot in the name. I presume this is normal behaviour. If so, then what is the additional value of the "+" mark? Thanks a lot for the clarification. -- Rejo Zenger . <rejo@xxxxxxxxx> . 0x75FC50F3 . <https://rejo.zenger.nl> GPG encrypted e-mail prefered.
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