Interfacing mutt with Dovecott

[Thomas Zajic]

* Steve Litt, 18.07.22 19:20

> All my email for the past 20 years is held on a Dovecot IMAP
> server (version 2.3.19.1 (9b53102964)) on my desktop. I've been using
> Claws-Mail but want to switch to Mutt.
> [...]
> I know some people have been very successful running Mutt to access an
> IMAP server, so it appears to be possible. How should I run Mutt to
> access my Dovecot?

With dovecot-2.3.19.1 and mutt-2.2.6 and/or neomutt-20220429, this is
all that's needed to make it work (your "imap_authenticators" setting
should match your own setup, obviously):

> [zlatko at disclosure:~]$ grep -i imap .muttrc
> set folder="imaps://myuser@imap.mydomain.net"
> set imap_user="myuser"
> set imap_pass="mypass"
> set imap_authenticators="cram-md5"
> set imap_check_subscribed=yes
> set imap_idle=yes
> set imap_keepalive=600
> set imap_peek=no
> set imap_passive=no
> set spoolfile="imaps://myuser@imap.mydomain.net/"

No problems with missing folders whatsoever.

HTH
Thomas