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authorThomas Roessler <roessler@does-not-exist.org>1999-02-09 20:50:36 +0000
committerThomas Roessler <roessler@does-not-exist.org>1999-02-09 20:50:36 +0000
commit5ba906d2a77b9b45e46ed23a6959f7a97a6ad68e (patch)
treedeaead3c88005ef70d4d954cca3552083294e145 /doc
parente4f9683bb99a38bd46b9e7f2d18d2a35dfcd94bf (diff)
Brandon's IMAP clean-up; new czech translation.
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@@ -1811,7 +1811,7 @@ url="http://www.ccil.org/~esr/fetchmail" name="fetchmail">
If Mutt was compiled with IMAP support (by running the <em/configure/
script with the <em/--enable-imap/ flag), it has the ability to work
-with folders located on a remote imap server.
+with folders located on a remote IMAP server.
You can access the remote inbox by selecting the folder
<tt/{imapserver}inbox/, where <tt/imapserver/ is the name of the IMAP
@@ -1821,8 +1821,30 @@ server, you should use <tt>{imapserver}path/to/folder</tt> where
<tt>path/to/folder</tt> is the path of the folder you want to access
relative to your home directory.
-<bf/Note:/ The IMAP support is in a very early state and quite
-unstable at the moment. If you need a more stable way to access your
+You can select an alternative port by specifying it with the server, ie:
+<tt/{imapserver:port}inbox/.
+
+Note that not all servers use / as the hierarchy separator. Mutt should
+correctly notice which separator is being used by the server and convert
+paths accordingly.
+
+When browsing folders on an IMAP server, you can toggle whether to look
+at only the folders you are subscribed to, or all folders with the
+<em/toggle-subscribed/ command. See also the
+<ref id="imap&lowbar;list&lowbar;subscribed" name="&dollar;imap&lowbar;list&lowbar;subscribed"> variable.
+
+Mutt was designed to work with IMAP4rev1 servers, and has been tested
+with both the UWash IMAP server v11.241 and the Cyrus IMAP server v1.5.14.
+Note that if you are using mbox as the mail store on the UWash server,
+the server will disconnect a client if another client selects the same
+folder.
+
+Mutt currently does not support completion of IMAP folder names. Hit
+the <em/complete/ key again to go to the IMAP browser.
+
+<bf/Note:/ The IMAP support has had very limited testing due to a lack
+of developers using it. It should work with the reference servers
+mentioned above, but if you need a more stable way to access your
IMAP folder, consider using a specialized program, such as <htmlurl
url="http://www.ccil.org/~esr/fetchmail" name="fetchmail">.
@@ -2953,6 +2975,15 @@ Default: 0
This variable configures how often (in seconds) IMAP should look for
new mail.
+<sect2>imap&lowbar;list&lowbar;subscribed<label id="imap_list_subscribed">
+<p>
+Type: boolean<newline>
+Default: unset
+
+This variable configures whether IMAP folder browsing will look for only
+subscribed folders or all folders. This can be toggled in the IMAP
+browser with the <em/toggle-subscribed/ command.
+
<sect2>imap&lowbar;pass<label id="imap_pass">
<p>
Type: string<newline>
@@ -2964,6 +2995,16 @@ you should only use this option when you are on a fairly secure machine,
because the superuser can read your muttrc even if you are the only one who
can read the file.
+<sect2>imap&lowbar;passive<label id="imap_passive">
+<p>
+Type: boolean<newline>
+Default: set
+
+When set, mutt will not open new IMAP connections to check for new mail.
+Mutt will only check for new mail over existing IMAP connections. This
+is useful if you don't want to be prompted to user/password pairs on
+mutt invocation, or if opening the connection is slow.
+
<sect2>imap&lowbar;user<label id="imap_user">
<p>
Type: string<newline>
@@ -4604,6 +4645,11 @@ search-reverse ESC / search backwards for a regular expression
select-new N select a new file in this directory
sort o sort messages
sort-reverse O sort messages in reverse order
+toggle-mailboxes TAB toggle whether to browse mailboxes or all files
+view-file SPACE view file
+subscribe s subscribe to current mailbox (IMAP Only)
+unsubscribe u unsubscribe to current mailbox (IMAP Only)
+toggle-subscribed T toggle view all/subscribed mailboxes (IMAP Only)
</verb>
<sect2>pgp
<p>