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Can anybody help me with mutt configuration?

I need to configure mutt to support mutiple accounts the same time.

At this moment my config file for personal email looks like this:

~ $ cat ~/.mutt/personal



set imap_user = «%personal_email%@gmail.com»

set imap_pass = «%personal_email_pass%»

set smtp_url = «smtps://%personal_email%@smtp.gmail.com:465/»

set smtp_pass = «%personal_email_pass%»

set from = «%personal_email%»

set realname = «%username%»

set hostname = gmail.com

set folder = «imaps://%personal_email%@imap.gmail.com:993»

set spoolfile = «imaps://%personal_email%@imap.gmail.com/INBOX»

set postponed = «imaps://%personal_email%@imap.gmail.com/[Gmail]/Drafts»

set record = «imaps://%personal_email%@imap.gmail.com/[Gmail]/Sent Mail»

"~/.mutt/work" looks the same way, except the values of "%personal_email%" and "%personal_email_pass%", of course.

"~/.muttrc" looks like this:

~ $ cat ~/.muttrc



source «~/.mutt/personal»



macro index <f2> '<sync-mailbox><enter-command>source ~/.mutt/personal<enter><change-folder>!<enter>'

macro index <f3> '<sync-mailbox><enter-command>source ~/.mutt/work<enter><change-folder>!<enter>'

When I press F2 or F3 mutt really changes an account, but when I'm trying to change mailbox (via 'c' -> '?') it opens a mailbox of the first account (in my case "personal") even when the current account is "work".

Why? What am I doing wrong? How can I fix it?

Some trickery with hooks. You might want to think twice about storing passwords into .muttrc. At least take care to use application specific passwords instead of your main Google account password when you do something as insecure as this.

# Gmail account passwords and usernames

set my_gmail_user1 = "<account 1, without @gmail or anything>"

set my_gmail_user2 = "<account 2, without @gmail or anything>"

set my_gmail_pass1 = "<password, hopefully an app-specific one>"  

set my_gmail_pass2 = "<password, hopefully an app-specific one>"  



# Account hooks

account-hook . "unset imap_user ; unset imap_pass"

account-hook "imaps://$my_gmail_user1@imap.gmail.com" "

    set imap_user = $my_gmail_user1 

            imap_pass = $my_gmail_pass1"

account-hook "imaps://$my_gmail_user2@imap.gmail.com" "

    set imap_user = $my_gmail_user2 

            imap_pass = $my_gmail_pass2"



# Gmail folders

set folder          = imaps://$my_gmail_user1@imap.gmail.com/

mailboxes           = +INBOX =[Gmail]/Drafts =[Gmail]/'Sent Mail' =[Gmail]/Spam =[Gmail]/Trash

set spoolfile       = +INBOX

folder-hook         imaps://$my_gmail_user1@imap.gmail.com/ "

    set folder      = imaps://$my_gmail_user1@imap.gmail.com/ 

        spoolfile   = +INBOX 

        postponed   = +[Gmail]/Drafts 

        record      = +[Gmail]/'Sent Mail' 

        from        = 'First User Real Name <$my_gmail_user1@gmail.com> ' 

        realname    = 'First User Real Name' 

        smtp_url    = smtps://$my_gmail_user1@smtp.gmail.com 

        smtp_pass   = $my_gmail_pass1"

set folder          = imaps://$my_gmail_user2@imap.gmail.com/

mailboxes           = +INBOX =[Gmail]/Drafts =[Gmail]/'Sent Mail' =[Gmail]/Spam =[Gmail]/Trash

set spoolfile       = +INBOX

folder-hook         imaps://$my_gmail_user2@imap.gmail.com/ "

    set folder      = imaps://$my_gmail_user2@imap.gmail.com/ 

        spoolfile   = +INBOX 

        postponed   = +[Gmail]/Drafts 

        record      = +[Gmail]/'Sent Mail' 

        from        = 'First User Real Name <$my_gmail_user2@gmail.com> ' 

        realname    = 'First User Real Name' 

        smtp_url    = smtps://$my_gmail_user2@smtp.gmail.com 

        smtp_pass   = $my_gmail_pass2"

Now all there is left to it is to fire up mutt, then hit y and select the folder for an account you want.

If you want more secure setup, your favorite search engine can tell you how to secure IMAP/POP passwords for Mutt with PGP. Realname/from is left as an exercise for the reader.

I am using mutt in a similar way and also noticed that mutt does not offer to open right away a mailbox belonging to the currently active account (not being the first one) when just typing c.

You may, however, type c then = and TAB thrice and you will be shown the mailboxes of the currently active account. Hitting TAB again will even allow you to switch between your different accounts' mailboxes.

So far, AFAICT, within mutt there lies no solution (yet) to your question "Why does mutt - when typing c - offer to open a mailbox belonging to the first account, regardless of the fact that another/second account is active.".

My best guess is, it's either a deliberate design choice or a bug no one cared to fix yet. Using [neo]mutt's sidebar might also alleviate the UX.