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[Derek Martin]

On Thu, Jun 20, 2024 at 03:26:24PM -0400, Kurt Hackenberg wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 20, 2024 at 11:42:20AM -0700, Will Yardley wrote:
> 
> > If by "the docs" you're referring only to the man pages, vs. the Mutt
> > wiki and other online docs, you're right that they don't explicitly
> > mention that it can refer to a remote mailbox.
> 
> Obviously the manual was not updated when the IMAP client was added.

It sure was, though clearly not the section on spoolfile.  But the
manual was never really considered the canonical source of info on how
to configure IMAP--what it contains about IMAP is quite meager.

Over the years, the place(s) to look for documentation have, um,
"evolved" a number of times, but there has long been a web page
dedicated to setting up IMAP.  It currently lives here:

    https://mutt.sourceforge.net/imap/

Note section 1.3:

  1.3 Using an IMAP server instead of local mail
    
    1. Tell mutt to use your IMAP INBOX as your $spoolfile: set
       spoolfile=imap://hostname/INBOX

    2. Set your $folder to your IMAP root: set folder=imap://hostname/


> Does $spoolfile work for POP too?  

Yes.

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