Hi, > is it possible to use mutt in offline mode when using imap? idea is to > pass mails to the mta without being connected to the imap server.
I am doing something similar on my laptop (Mac OS X, Linux would be similar, and I'm not sure about Windows) : - mail is synchronized from an IMAP server to a local Maildir, using offlineimap. Then, mutt is configured to access the Maildir instead of the server. Moving e-mail between mailboxes is supported, the only thing missing is creation of mailboxes while disconnected. As a perk, maildir access is very fast (especially with hcache enabled). - then, apparently you have an mta installed, this will work for sending mail. BTW, there is one thing that is not optimal with my config : nothing is automatic (i.e. I have to synchronize the mailboxes and flush the MTA queue manually) - but it is very easy to map the whole thing to a key within Mutt. The optimal solution would be for mutt to behave differently according to whether it is disconnected (=> Maildir) or connected (=> IMAP, with ideally synchronization of the maildir on the fly). But the right place to implement that is within mutt, and as far as I know it is not implemented there. One cool project could be a "virtual IMAP server" or "caching IMAP proxy" that does just that - I looked for one and found nothing ... If anyone knows one, please inform the list ! HTH, /vincent -- Vincent Beffara UMPA - ENS-Lyon 46 allée d'Italie 69364 Lyon Cedex 07 Tél : 04 72 72 85 25
