commit c69840f1a877ba3a296a00131475b6be7e3e34b6
parent 7436f33ac149b4e8907ebbfb7dfadb50f5aa4127
Author: Alex Balgavy <alex@balgavy.eu>
Date: Sun, 18 Aug 2024 23:47:11 +0200
Some email config comments
Diffstat:
2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
diff --git a/neomutt/muttrc b/neomutt/muttrc
@@ -2,13 +2,13 @@
source `{ [ -f ~/.config/dark-theme ] && printf "colors-dark"; } || printf "colors-light";`
# Don't ask to press key on shell commands
-unset wait_key
+set wait_key = no
-# Don't move to next message when modifying -- this breaks notmuch macros
+# Don't move to next message when modifying -- it would break notmuch macros
set resolve = no
set mbox_type = Maildir
-set mail_check=0 # minimum time between scans
+set mail_check=0 # don't want to automatically check new mail (handled by mbsync)
unset mark_old # it's enough to see whats unread
set mailcap_path = ~/.config/mailcap
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ macro index ZN "<enter-command>set use_threads=no<Enter>"
set edit_headers # show headers when composing
set fast_reply # skip to compose when replying
set fcc_attach # save attachments with the body
-set mime_forward = no # forward attachments as part of body, most clients don't easily show attached message
+set mime_forward = no # forwarded message is sent as part of body
set forward_format = "Fwd: %s" # format of subject when forwarding
set forward_decode # decode when forwarding
set attribution = "On %d, %n wrote:" # format of quoting header
diff --git a/neomutt/personal b/neomutt/personal
@@ -3,16 +3,21 @@
source secret
set imap_user=$my_personal_email
set imap_pass=$my_personal_pass_cmd
+# What neomutt uses to access emails. Populated by `mbsync`
set folder = ~/.local/share/mail/$my_personal_email
+# Draft emails
set postponed = +Drafts
+# Trashed emails
set trash = +Trash
+# Record sent emails (providers like Gmail do this automatically; mine doesn't)
set record = +Sent
set mbox = +Archive
# The setup with regular mutt
-# set spoolfile = +Inbox
+# Home inbox:
+# set spool_file = +Inbox
# unmailboxes *
-# mailboxes +Inbox +Archive +Drafts +Tickets +Sent +Trash +Spam
+# mailboxes +Inbox +Archive +Drafts +Jobs +Sent +Trash +Spam
#
# But to use notmuch, I need to use virtual mailboxes:
# (it's on the wishlist - https://github.com/neomutt/neomutt/issues/742)
@@ -23,14 +28,16 @@ virtual-mailboxes \
"Archive (2M) (P)" "notmuch://?query=folder:$my_personal_email/Archive and date:2M..today" \
"Drafts (P)" "notmuch://?query=folder:$my_personal_email/Drafts" \
"Follow-up (P)" "notmuch://?query=folder:/$my_personal_email/ and tag:followup" \
- "Tickets (P)" "notmuch://?query=folder:$my_personal_email/Tickets" \
+ "Jobs (P)" "notmuch://?query=folder:$my_personal_email/Jobs" \
"Sent (P)" "notmuch://?query=folder:$my_personal_email/Sent" \
"Trash (P)" "notmuch://?query=folder:$my_personal_email/Trash" \
"Spam (P)" "notmuch://?query=folder:$my_personal_email/Spam" \
"Archive (All) (P)" "notmuch://?query=folder:$my_personal_email/Archive"
+# Home inbox:
set spool_file = "Inbox (P)"
+# Caching emails
set header_cache = '~/.cache/neomutt/$my_personal_email/headers'
set message_cachedir = '~/.cache/neomutt/$my_personal_email/bodies'
