[Pine-info] An easy imap question

[pine at slave.umbr.cas.cz]

On Wed, 16 Aug 2006, S.A. Birl wrote:


> I never had to connect to an imap server, until today.  :p

> In my .pinerc I have (working successfully):

> 

> Folders {server.temple.edu/ssl/novalidate-cert}[],


*** This is correct for folder collections.


> But I cant get to my inbox on that server. I tried

> 

> INBOX {server.temple.edu/ssl/novalidate-cert}INBOX,


*** this is correct syntax for incoming folders, BUT the name "INBOX" is for 
the main inbox folder. The other incoming folders must have different name, 
IMHO. If you want only the one inbox having it on IMAP server, use config item 
inbox-path with syntax "{server/switch1/switch2/...}INBOX", or if you have one 
inbox on your local machine, leave blank inbox-path, which means 
/var/spool/mail/USER (default INBOX) and set option incoming-folders with 
syntax "INBOX-NAME {server/switch1/switch2/...}INBOX". In folder view, you can 
add the folder in incoming folder list pressing A and enter values. Or edit 
.pinerc and set there (as Bert Driehuis wrote) for example:

incoming-folders="IMAP Inbox" {server1/user="driehuis"}INBOX,
        "Spam.Report" {server3/user="spam.report"}INBOX,
        "Spam.Help" {server3/user="spam.help"}INBOX

BUT DO NOT USE WORD "INBOX" FOR THE NAMES!!

If you want to have more incoming folders, check "enable-incoming-folders" and 
restart pine.

If you want to have INBOX folders in folder collection, you have to use "path"
and maybe "view", for example

INBOX {localhost/ssl/user=USER}/var/spool/mail/[USER]

but you will still see INBOX as collection and there only one folder "USER". 
This is syntax for mailbox folders. I'm not sure if it is possible to access 
INBOX folder in folder collection setting for Maildirs, for example I was not 
able to access INBOX by collection on courier-imap server.


I hope it helped you.

Bye.

Wolf.