On Fri, 20 Jul 2007 22:53:28 +1000 Cameron Simpson <cs@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 19Jul2007 21:47, Chris <racerx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > | On Thu, 19 Jul 2007 22:44:40 -0400 Todd Zullinger <tmz@xxxxxxxxx> > wrote: | > Chris wrote: > | > > I have it working just fine as-is. The biggest issue I can see > right | > > now, is the sub-folders I have my mail currently in. > | > > > | > > IE: All Fedora mail goes to inbox/Fedora etc, etc, etc. > | > > > | > > If I kept is simple from the git-go where all mail just went > into | > > the inbox, I would be done. > | > > | > What part of that is causing you work, getting the mail pulled > down | > and sorted, or telling mutt how to find your mail? > | > > | > I use fetchmail and procmail for the former. The mailboxes > command is | > what you set for the latter. > | > | Forgive my ignorance on this - Since I use Claws, here is > | something how my current Mail dir looks like (Claws uses MH, in > | #HOME/Mail) > | > | $HOME > | Mail > | inbox > | Fedora > | Fedora-DS > | CentOS > | Ubuntu > | Etc, etc, etc > > To tell mutt itself about this you need two settings: > > set folder=~/Mail/inbox > > which specifies your top level mail folder and: > > mailboxes +Fedora +Fedora-DS +Centos +Ubuntu > > which specifies which folders to watch for new mail. Mutt's "change > folder" function has a show-folders mode with will show everything in > ~/Mail/inbox without using the "mailboxes" setting. > > | I can certainly pull mail from my ISP without issues, I'm unsure > how to | now seperate them into the above while preserving the many > emails that | currently live in the above dirs. > > As Todd says, fetchmail to pull the mail and procmail to file it into > the folders. > > You have a lot of mail already filed in these folders - was Claws > doing this filing for you? Yes - this is correct. There is tons of mail in these folders. -- Best regards, Chris Registerd Linux user number 448639
