* Michael D. Schleif (mds@helices.org) [030210 15:03]: > > Vineet Kumar wrote: > > > > * Michael D. Schleif (mds@helices.org) [030210 12:24]: > > > Under netscrape I have directory hierarchies such as: > > > > > > Lists > > > |__debian > > > | |__debian-users > > > | |__debian-devel > > > |__tomcat-users > > > > > > With many lists and so many old mails, a flat list of _all_ Maildirs > > > will quickly become difficult to navigate . . . > > > > > > How can this be done with Maildir? > > > > Just the same. Wherever you have an mbox file, replace it with a > > maildir directory. Well, it looks like I got a little carried away in my previous message. The above statment is true: it's easy enough to just have folders which contain maildirs or folders and maildirs which contain messages. > > > > You can even go one better by having maildirs which themselves contain > > subdirectories, something that is impossible with mbox files. > > > > For example, you could have a maildir called work which contains > > unsorted messages, and also sub-maildirs for each client. Each client > > maildir can contain messages as well as yet more sub-maildirs for e.g. > > certain projects, time periods, contacts, etc. I was misleading (misled?) in saying that you can set up maildirs which contain messages and maildirs. This is possible with a slightly hacky extension to maildir which uses '.' as a hierarchy separator. So the example I gave here would look like a big, ugly, flat list: INBOX/ INBOX/.work INBOX/.work.client1 INBOX/.work.client2 INBOX/.work.client2.2003-10 So this only gets nice when you use an access method that recognizes the dots as hierarchy separators and provides you with a nice hierarchical presentation, such as courier IMAP and Mozilla mail, for example. I don't think mutt even really nails the hierarchical presentation bit when used as an IMAP client. I don't even know that mutt supports IMAP folder browsing and subscribing, though in fairness I haven't used it extensively. Don't give up on it yet, though; it does support the hierarchy you currently use, with Maildirs in place of mboxes. good times, Vineet -- http://www.doorstop.net/ -- "As we enjoy great advantages from inventions of others, we should be glad of an opportunity to serve others by any invention of ours; and this we should do freely and generously." --Benjamin Franklin
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