Interfacing mutt with Dovecott
Hi all,
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.
In the past I've tried this, but Mutt was unreliable in reading folders from my local Dovecot server. It didn't see a lot of the folders.
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?
Also, in the past I've used Claws-Mail to admin my Dovecot folders (make new folders, move folders, etc). I've heard there are one or more Dovecot provided tools to do this kind of admin. What are the names of those tools?
Thanks,
SteveT
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- 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@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
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