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On Thu, 17 Nov 2016, Steve Litt wrote:
On Thu, 17 Nov 2016 08:52:11 +0100 (CET)
Steffen Kaiser <skdove...@smail.inf.fh-brs.de> wrote:
On Thu, 17 Nov 2016, Steve Litt wrote:

What email clients are all of you using to look at your IMAP
email?

https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpine_(E-Mail-Programm)

:-)

I installed Alpine and got it to work as a window to my Dovecot IMAP
server, but I could only "import" one mailbox at a time, and as I

actually, Alpine does not cache anything locally, hence, it does not import. You select one mailbox and work with it. Then change the mailbox using G or L.

* How does one import *all* folders from the Dovecot server at once,
 without repeatedly typing in 192.168.100.2/ssl/user=slitt and all the
 rest of the process?

You add a new collection via S L

* Is there a way of viewing my folder hierarchy hierarchically,
 including collapse and expand?

Not really. L gets you to the collection list, where you enter one hierarchie at a time.

* How does one manually expunge an email previously marked for
 deletion? I know it's possible because one config item is "*only*
 expunge manually." Is there a way of expunging ranges of emails?

(Al)Pine is merely a front-end for IMAP, see

https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3501#section-6.4.3

eXpunge (X) key issues this command:

"The EXPUNGE command permanently removes all messages that have the
      \Deleted flag set from the currently selected mailbox.  Before
      returning an OK to the client, an untagged EXPUNGE response is
      sent for each message that is removed."

Hence, all messages, that have the \Deleted flag, are expunged by X.

"expunge manually" means, that Pine does not expunge a mailbox on exit automatically.

In fact, instead of mark many messages as \Deleted, move them somewhere else.

Instead of using the Deleted keyword (tag, flag, ...), use another, possble self-created keyword, s. https://www.washington.edu/alpine/tech-notes/config.html#keywords . Mark them, then

;k <keyword>ENTER
adx

; - select
k - by Keyword
a - Apply (next command to all selected messages)
d - mark as \Deleted
x - eXpunge all messages marked as deleted

* How does one switch the sort order while in the folder list or the
 message list?

You mean $ in the message list?
The folder list is fixed, as far as I know; maybe the global option https://www.washington.edu/alpine/tech-notes/config.html#folder-sort-rule effects this view. I usully use G to changes folders / mailboxes.

* And most important, where can I find the best, most unambiguous
 Alpine documentation, that doesn't assume I know anything about
 Alpine?

Hmm, http://roqet.org/pine.html Getting started with config
http://www.ii.com/internet/messaging/pine/ All About PINE ;-)
https://www.washington.edu/alpine/
https://www.washington.edu/pine/

- -- Steffen Kaiser
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