Mailboxes

Commands for defining and managing monitored mailboxes.

:mailboxes

Define mailboxes that NeoMutt should watch for new mail.

• mailboxes <mailbox> — add a single mailbox

• mailboxes <mailbox1> <mailbox2> — add multiple mailboxes

• mailboxes -label <label> <mailbox> — add with a display label

• mailboxes -poll <mailbox> — add and poll for new mail

• mailboxes -notify <mailbox> — add and enable desktop notifications

mailboxes ~/Mail/INBOX
mailboxes ~/Mail/INBOX ~/Mail/Sent ~/Mail/Drafts
mailboxes imaps://user@mail.example.com/INBOX
mailboxes -label "Work" ~/Mail/work
mailboxes -poll ~/Mail/INBOX

:named-mailboxes

Define labelled mailboxes — a label is required for each mailbox.

• named-mailboxes <label> <mailbox> — add with a label

named-mailboxes "Inbox" +INBOX
named-mailboxes "Sent" +Sent "Drafts" +Drafts
named-mailboxes -poll "Work" imaps://user@work.example.com/INBOX

:unmailboxes

Remove mailboxes from the watch list.

• unmailboxes * — remove all mailboxes

• unmailboxes <mailbox> — remove a specific mailbox

unmailboxes *
unmailboxes ~/Mail/old-list