On Mon, Feb 12, 2007 at 11:01:56PM +1300, Chris Bannister wrote: > > If you use fetchmail to get your mail from your ISP, is it still easy? > At the moment I use fetchmail and maildrop. Once courier-imap is > installed, do I just change my .mailfilter from say: > > ############################################### > # Filter debian-user list messages # > ############################################### > if (/^X-Loop: debian-user@lists\.debian\.org$/) > { > to "$HOME/Mail/IN-debian-user/" > } > > to -- > > ############################################### > # Filter debian-user list messages # > ############################################### > if (/^X-Loop: debian-user@lists\.debian\.org$/) > { > to "$HOME/Maildir/IN-debian-user/" > } > > (Assuming courier-imap defaults to $HOME/Maildir/) > That looks right. I have used fetchmail on machines running IMAP and never had a problem with fetchmail delivering straight into my Maildir. Personally, I don't like clutter in my $HOME, so I changed the courier config to use ~/.Maildir instead of ~/Maildir. > To copy an existing $HOME/Mail/ structure > ========================================= > Can I just "cp Mail Maildir" then when I am happy just "rm -r Mail" > Is ~/Mail already in Maildir format? If not, I'd say the best bet is to setup courier-imap and then use something like procmail to bounce every message in ~/Mail back to yourself. > What documentation do you recommend reading? > > Using the MUA to access the "$HOME/Maildir/" is another 'kettle of fish' > > For mutt: > Mutt and IMAP (maintained by Brendan Cully) > http://mutt.sourceforge.net/imap/ > I've never had a problem with mutt and IMAP (using it now). I just set the default folder as imaps://user@host/INBOX and it works fine. I forget the exact settings, but they are well documented. If you need them, I can post mine out of my own config. Regards, -Roberto -- Roberto C. Sanchez http://people.connexer.com/~roberto http://www.connexer.com
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