


 1. Using mutt with IMAP

 1. configuration
 2. problems

 1. Move read messages to mbox
 2. New mail in a folder just left
 3. Authentication realm

 * References
 


Using mutt with IMAP
====================




configuration
=============


First, mutt needs to be told to use IMAP. To achieve this, edit '~/.muttrc' (or a file it 'source's) to contain: 

---%<-------------------------------------------------------------------------
set spoolfile=imap://user@hostname/INBOX
set folder=imap://user@hostname/---%<-------------------------------------------------------------------------



problems
========




Move read messages to mbox
==========================


If mutt asks 'Move read messages to /home/$user/mbox? ([no]/yes):' 
Your alternatives (to set in '~/.muttrc') are (pick one and ignore the others): 

 1. don't ask about moving messages, just do it: 
---%<-------------------------------------------------------------------------
set move=yes---%<-------------------------------------------------------------------------

 2. don't ask about moving messages and _don't_ do it: 
---%<-------------------------------------------------------------------------
set move=no---%<-------------------------------------------------------------------------

 3. ask about moving message, default answer 'yes': 
---%<-------------------------------------------------------------------------
set move=ask-yes---%<-------------------------------------------------------------------------

 4. ask about moving message, default answer 'no': 
---%<-------------------------------------------------------------------------
set move=ask-no---%<-------------------------------------------------------------------------



New mail in a folder just left
==============================


There is a bug with dovecot in <=0.99. It can sometimes make mutt think there is new email in a mailbox you just 'left'... http://www.dovecot.org/list/dovecot/2004-February/002950.html 


Authentication realm
====================


If you are using IMAP with SASL and get error messages like 'Invalid realm' in your dovecot log files, try putting this in your '.muttrc' or '/etc/Muttrc]': 
---%<-------------------------------------------------------------------------
set imap_authenticators="plain"---%<-------------------------------------------------------------------------

It might be easier however to just put the following in your 'dovecot.conf': 
For Dovecot 1.0
:
    
---%<-------------------------------------------------------------------------
auth default {
  mechanisms = plain
} ---%<-------------------------------------------------------------------------


For Dovecot 0.99
:
    
---%<-------------------------------------------------------------------------
auth_mechanisms = plain---%<-------------------------------------------------------------------------




References
==========



 * Official mutt homepage [None] 
 * mutt with IMAP documentation [None] 
 * http://jamespo.org.uk/blog/archives/000271.html 

(This file was created from the wiki on 2007-12-11 04:42)
