On Wed, 16 Jul 2003, Gary wrote: > Hi Adrian, > > --On Wednesday, July 16, 2003 05:15:30 PM +0100 Adrian Urquhart > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> I'll save you some time Andy... He is missing something in his .muttrc > >> folder. He needs to identify the folders that he has. For example: > >> > >> > >> mailboxes =INBOX =INBOX/sent =INBOX/mutt =INBOX/store > >> mailboxes =INBOX/bsd =INBOX/dns =INBOX/binc > >> > > > > Tried this, no difference. I don't have any mailboxes set, instead > > set folder=imap://my.imap.server > > which works fine for Courier, not for Binc. > > You need to set the mailboxes in order for Mutt to see them.. You are > also missing your spoolfile.. > > Your set folder should be the IP address. I do not believe Mutt will do > DNS lookups. > > set mail_check=60 > set timeout=30 > set spoolfile=imap://192.168.0.whatever/INBOX > set folder=imap://192.168.0.whatever > ^^^ or if you are on a WAN, put the external IP address > of your IMAP server.. > > > Pressing 'c' then '?' asks me for my password the first time round, then > > You can save you password in the .muttrc file too, so you do not have to > enter it all the time. > > set imap_user=yourname > set imap_pass=whatever > > > > I see > > 1 IMAP + INBOX > > > > which when selected shows all my sub folders. > > yes, just hit the enter key to see all sub folders. Isn't that what you > want? > > >> could also add a cert file, so he does not have to ask/answer all the > >> time. > >> > >> set certificate_file=~/.mutt/certificates > > > > I'll do that once I'm in SSL mode - at present I'm just using plain ol' > > text. > > > >> > >> Then Adrian would just hit "c" and either "?" or "tab" to view his > >> folders, which is normal in Mutt to move around folders. That's it. > >> > >> > > > > When stuff doesn't work it's usually me to blame, and it's really > > frustrating to be so close, yet so far... > > If you can see your subfolders, what is the problem, maybe I am missing > something here? > > > Regards > Woohoo - setting the spoolfile has fixed it. Now when I fire up mutt immediately logs me in to the remote server (using name rather than address works fine) and fetches mail from INBOX. Using 'c' lets me select subfolders as before. I still don't have mailboxes set, but as far as I can see everything is now as expected.
Thanks to everyone for their help - I knew it was me... -Adrian
