https://github.com/amdmi3/findmaildirs

Simple utility to create list of maildirs for mutt
https://github.com/amdmi3/findmaildirs

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Simple utility to create list of maildirs for mutt

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/amdmi3/findmaildirs
• Owner: AMDmi3
• License: bsd-2-clause
• Created: 2012-02-23T23:17:28.000Z (almost 13 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2020-07-09T14:24:50.000Z (over 4 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2023-03-11T16:07:52.849Z (almost 2 years ago)
• Topics: mail, maildir, mutt
• Language: C
• Homepage:
• Size: 10.7 KB
• Stars: 1
• Watchers: 3
• Forks: 1
• Open Issues: 0
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: COPYING

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# findmaildirs #

[![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/AMDmi3/findmaildirs.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/AMDmi3/findmaildirs)

[![FreeBSD package](http://repology.org/badge/version-for-repo/freebsd/findmaildirs.svg)](http://repology.org/metapackage/findmaildirs)

This is a very simple utility to be used with mutt to simplify automatic

mailboxes management.

It scans given directory for maildir-type mailboxes and prints list of

them in mutt-compatible format, so its output may be used for `mailboxes'

configuration directive of mutt.

## Usecase ##

For example, you have a bunch of maildirs:

```

~/.mail

    inbox

        cur

        new

        tmp

    sent

        cur

        new

        tmp

    maillists

        lkml

            cur

            new

            tmp

        freebsd

            announce

                cur

                new

                tmp

            ports

                cur

                new

                tmp

```

to make these available in mutt, you need following in your .muttrc:

```

set mbox_type=Maildir

set folder="~/.mail"

mailboxes +inbox +sent +maillists/lkml +maillists/freebsd/ports \

          +maildirs/freebsd/announce

```

it's a pain to manage manually, especially of you have many mailboxes

and even more painful if you have mailboxes created automatically

by e.g. procmail.

This little utility manages it for you so you can just use:

```

mailboxes `findmaildirs ~/.mail`

```

Though it's extremely simple task and you could use simple `find | sed`

pipeline instead, this utility acts a bit more clever and doesn't descend

into subdirectories of mailboxes (cur, new and tmp) which may noticeably

slow down mutt startup if there are many mail messages.

## Installation ##

No required library dependencies. Just run

```

make && make install

```

Makefile honours CC, CFLAGS, PREFIX (/usr/local by default) and DESTDIR.

## Author ##

* [Dmitry Marakasov](https://github.com/AMDmi3) 

## Contributors ##

* [Pierre-Yves Chibon](https://github.com/pypingou)

## License ##

2-clause BSD, see COPYING.