Maildir Options

$check_new

Description:

Check for new mail while the mailbox is open

Type:

Boolean

Scope:

Only maildir and mh mailboxes

Default:

set check_new = yes

When set, NeoMutt will check for new mail delivered while the mailbox is open. Especially with MH mailboxes, this operation can take quite some time since it involves scanning the directory and checking each file to see if it has already been looked at. If this option is unset, no check for new mail is performed while the mailbox is open.

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$maildir_check_cur

Description:

Check both new and cur directories for new mail

Type:

Boolean

Default:

set maildir_check_cur = no

If set, NeoMutt will poll both the new and cur directories of a maildir folder for new messages. This might be useful if other programs interacting with the folder (e.g. dovecot) are moving new messages to the cur directory.

Note

Setting this option may slow down polling for new messages in large folders, since NeoMutt has to scan all cur messages

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$maildir_field_delimiter

Description:

Field delimiter to be used for maildir email files (default is colon, recommended alternative is semi-colon)

Type:

String

Notes:

Case Sensitive, Not Empty, On Startup

Scope:

Only maildir mailboxes

Default:

set maildir_field_delimiter = ":"

Use the value as maildir field delimiter. This is a single-character used to accommodate maildir mailboxes on platforms where : is not allowed in a filename. The recommended alternative on such platforms is ;. NeoMutt supports all non-alphanumeric values except for -, ., \, /.

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$maildir_header_cache_verify

Description:

Check for maildir changes when opening mailbox

Type:

Boolean

Default:

set maildir_header_cache_verify = yes

Check for Maildir unaware programs other than NeoMutt having modified maildir files when the header cache is in use. This incurs one stat(2) per message every time the folder is opened (which can be very slow for NFS folders).

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$maildir_trash

Description:

Use the maildir trashed flag, rather than deleting

Type:

Boolean

Scope:

Only maildir mailboxes

Default:

set maildir_trash = no

If set, messages marked as deleted will be saved with the maildir trashed flag instead of unlinked.