Send yourself two test messages, not using mutt, no mutt running. Run `mutt'. Read both messages (RET i j RET i). Purge the second test message (d $). Quit (q), it asks "Move read messages to /home/q/inbox? ([no]/yes):". Answer yes (y), mutt quits. Run `mutt'. The first test message is still in INBOX [is that a bug?]. Purge it (d $). Quit (q). Run `mutt -y'. Go to "~/inbox/" (j RET). The first test message is there.
Have I seen a bug? I run `Mutt 1.4i (2002-05-29)' with this muttrc: set envelope_from=yes set user_agent=no set write_bcc=no set from=`~/.mutt/x email` set realname="`~/.mutt/x realname`" set folder=imaps://`~/.mutt/x imap-server`/ set imap_user="`~/.mutt/x imap-user`" set imap_pass="`~/.mutt/x imap-pass`" set imap_force_ssl=yes set certificate_file=~/.mutt/cert set spoolfile==INBOX set mbox_type=Maildir set mbox=~/inbox set record=~/outbox mailboxes ! ~/inbox ~/outbox set alias_file=~/.mutt/alias source ~/.mutt/alias set delete=yes set mail_check=90 set timeout=15
