Hello Stephen.
"Stephen Isard" <[email protected]> wrote:
|On Thu, 20 Oct 2016, Steffen Nurpmeso steffen-at-sdaoden.eu wrote:
|...
|>|I think that having a separate inbox variable is actually a clear and
|>|rational way of specifying that on this server the inbox and the folders
|>|are in different places, rather than having s-nail magically replace
|>|Mail/ in the folder definition with INBOX behind the scenes to tell the
|>|server where the inbox is, which is what mailx does. However, anyone
|>|accustomed to using mailx with this style of imap server and expecting
|>|compatibility needs to be warned.
Disclaimer: i never used IMAP as an employee or whatever,
i installed a local dovecot and went ahead, only with S-nail and
Heirloom mailx, so i have _no idea_ what other MUAs do to hide (or
don't hide) the IMAP standard "INBOX". My test account now has
set folder=imap://user1@localhost/Mail
set inbox=+
And that ends up in INBOX, i think this is right? I haven't read
the standard entirely (in fact only a few sections), though.
If i say
set folder=imap://user1@localhost/Mail/
set inbox=+du
then we end up in Mail/du, which is definetely right.
Ok, for completeness sake, let's look back:
?0[steffen@wales ]$ MAILRC=/dev/null heirloom-mailx -n \
-Spassword-user1@localhost=pass1 -Suser=user1 \
-Sfolder=imap://user1@localhost/Mail
No mail at imap://user1@localhost/INBOX
?0[steffen@wales ]$ MAILRC=/dev/null heirloom-mailx -n \
-Spassword-user1@localhost=pass1 -Suser=user1 \
-Sfolder=imap://user1@localhost/Mail/
No mail at imap://user1@localhost/INBOX
«We can do better than that». I'm afraid you hear these words
quite often these days...
|> -v/*verbose*: the special treatment of *folder* for IMAP will
|> vanish completely, only *inbox* will remain in v15. I don't think
|> i can do more than keeping compatibility for the likely three
|> years that will pass until then, looking into the manual once
|> gives a prominent warning message on the first screen.
|
|Right, I see. "Obsoletion" seems odd for a feature that has never
|worked in s-nail, but ok :-) The warning 'no more expansion of *folder*
At your service.
|in "%"' is somewhat obscure. It might be better to say something on the
|lines of "Imap INBOX must be set explicitly using the 'inbox' variable".
I will remember this when i really make the great and are capable
to reinstantiate IMAP support in v14.9. (I hope no more v14.8.x
update is to follow that is to say.)
|> And yes, i think this idea of yours is the best way to go.
|
|No originality on my part. I looked at the recommended pine
|configuration settings for this server.
oh yes, alpine... A long way to go.
Ciao, Captain America. ^.^
--steffen
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