Adding a Gmail IMAP inbox along-side your local mailbox can be useful to have easy access to both personal and work emails. It took a bit of fiddling around, but the recipe below worked for me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In your standard .muttrc, at the top, just add these two lines:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This ensures your personal setup does not try to contact Gmail after you have used your work profile.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Create a config for your work setup in .mutt\/work.rc. Copy your standard .muttrc over, to get the same setup you are used to, then add the lines below at the top.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The bind<\/em> statement allows you to refresh the IMAP mailbox by hitting ‘G’. In your standard .muttrc, set your personal signature file:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Now, in both files, set folders and macros to switch between them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n To be honest, I’m not 100% sure on the mbox-hook line, but nothing is broken, so I have left it like that. With the above lines, you can now hit <f2> and <f3> to switch between mail boxes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Remember, with Gmail, you both need to enable IMAP and setup 2-factor authentication, or it won’t work. Then you need to “Add app password” to get the password to use in your work.rc configuration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Have fun!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Adding a Gmail IMAP inbox along-side your local mailbox can be useful to have easy access to both personal and work emails. It took a bit of fiddling around, but the recipe below worked for me. In your standard .muttrc, … Continue reading unset folder
unset smtp_url<\/code>unset use_from<\/code><\/p>\n\n\n\nset imap_user = \"your@work.com\"
set imap_pass = \"password\"
set smtp_url = \"smtp:\/\/your@work.com@smtp.gmail.com:587\/\"
set smtp_pass = \"password\"
set use_from=yes
set from = \"your@work.com\"
set realname = \"Your Name\"
set folder=\"imaps:\/\/imap.gmail.com:993\"<\/code>set record=\"~\/mail\/other-sent-mail\"
set postponed=\"=Drafts\"
set spoolfile=\"+INBOX\"
set signature=\"~\/.mutt\/signature.work\"
bind index G imap-fetch-mail<\/code><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\nset signature=\"~\/.mutt\/signature.personal\"<\/code><\/p>\n\n\n\n# Folder hooks
mbox-hook 'mailbox' 'source ~\/.muttrc'
folder-hook 'imaps:\/\/imap.gmail.com:993' 'source ~\/.mutt\/work.rc'
macro index <f2> '<sync-mailbox><enter-command>source ~\/.mutt.rc<enter><change-folder>\/var\/mail\/<name><enter>'
macro index <f3> '<sync-mailbox><enter-command>source ~\/.mutt\/work.rc<enter><change-folder>imaps:\/\/imap.gmail.com:993<enter>'<\/code><\/p>\n\n\n\n