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Re: IMAP Mail server question



On Wed, Mar 07, 2007 at 03:18:00PM -0800, John L Fjellstad wrote:
> mockingbird@ihug.co.nz (Chris Bannister) writes:
> 
> > Folders are simply subdirectories inside the main maildir whose names
> > start with a period, and which are themselves maildirs.  For example,
> > the command "maildirmake -f Drafts mail/Maildir" creates
> > mail/Maildir/.Drafts, that has the usual tmp, new and cur.  You MUST
> > use the -f option, instead of specifying mail/Maildir/.Drafts
> > directly, in order to correctly initialize certain enhanced maildir
> > features.
> 
> I have always just created the maildirs using the command
> maildirmake Maildir/.Drafts
> without any problems.  Totally forgot about the -f option

I always find that I need a folder *after* I've fired up my MUA, so I
just use it to make my folders. In mutt

s=<newfolder_name>/

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