mail_location = maildir:~/Maildir namespace { prefix = INBOX. separator = . inbox = yes } ... is wrong. Apparently it should be ... mail_location = maildir:~/INBOX ...which at least seemed to work, although (by that time?) I wound up re-downloading all mail. Steve Newcomb srn@coolheads.com (Unable to edit the wiki page... Mysterious question stood in the way, something like, "How do you prevent spam?" Evidently I don't know the correct answer.