IMAP mailboxes in the sidebar

Felix Finch felix at crowfix.com
Mon Sep 17 00:09:15 UTC 2018


On Sun, Sep 16, 2018 at 06:54:51PM -0500, Arturo wrote:
> On 09/16, Felix Finch wrote:
> > Ubuntu 18.04, Mutt 1.9.4.
> > 
> >     set sidebar_format="%B%?F? [%F]?%* %?N?%N/?%S"
> >     set sidebar_new_mail_only=no
> >     set sidebar_visible=yes
> > 
> > The sidebar shows only INBOX.  All other mailboxes are absent.  The same mutt sidebar is fine for local maildirs with a different muttrc.
> > 
> > I tried setting
> > 
> >     sidebar_whitelist =INBOX "=All Mail"
> > 
> > and that makes no difference.  I can change to that mailbox using "=All<tab>", so mutt knows it's a valid name, just can't see it in the sidebar.
> > 
> > I can only guess it's something to do with IMAP or Lookout (it's a Lookout IMAP server).
> 
> Does it work if you put the full path?
> 
> sidebar_whitelist imaps://imap.gmail.com:993/Devel imaps://imap.gmail.com:993/Family imaps://imap.gmail.com:993/[Gmail]/Starred 

I tried variations on that, no difference.  But if it can pick up =INBOX, why would it need the full path to others?

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