Hi, On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 01:52:20PM +0200, Rocco Rutte wrote: > * Christoph Ludwig wrote: > > > 1) Is there a way to define custom mailbox shortcuts so I don't have to > > > type > > > in the full imaps URL every time I switch to a folder on the company > > > server? > > > The only workaround I see after reading section 4.7 of the manual is to > > > define > > > a number of aliases with fake addresses and make the folders on the > > > company > > > server the default save folder for these aliases. However, this seems a > > > crude > > > hack to me. > > > I realized that binding the base URL to a key in the editor does exactly > > what > > I want: > > > macro editor '#' > > "imaps://company\\christoph\\christoph.lud...@company-dn/" > > Uh, that sounds the perfect use case for $folder. Have you looked at it?
I am already using $folder for my private account. I often move mail between the various servers because the line between private and company email is often blurred and I want to store email that I receive in the account on the company server and vice versa or jump directly into a folder on the other server. So now I type "=Abo.mutt-user" or "#Projects/someProject" and mutt automatically knows which folder on which server I refer to, no matter on which server the current folder is. Do you see any issue with this approach that a more sophisticated use of $folder (possibly in combination with folder-hooks) could avoid? > > > 2) mutt checks for mail in the company mailbox only after I logged into > > > the > > > mailbox at least once and therefore entered my password. Is there a way to > > > make mutt request the passwords for all accounts referenced in the > > > mailboxes > > > list at program start? I don't want to put the passwords in a > > > configuration > > > file. > > Please have a look at the $imap_passive option. Thanks! It shows that it was several years ago that I last read the mutt manual from front to back... Christoph
