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On 2 Jan 2026 07:43:14 +1000 Computer Nerd Kev wrote:
>> movemail -v imaps://no_reply@dipl-ing-kessler.de mh:///home/[user]/Mail
>> 
>> If you have special characters like '@' in the username, you may need to
>> percent-encode them, eg. "%40".
>> 
>> https://www.mailutils.org/wiki/Fetching_Mail_with_Movemail
 
On 2026-01-03, Markus Robert Kessler  wrote:
>> I use MH format for storing the mail, check what format/s your email
>> client understands and change "mh://" to suit.
>> 
>> https://www.mailutils.org/manual/html_node/Local-Mailboxes.html
>> 
>> I actually use POP to get mail using movemail myself, but it works with
>> IMAP too.
>
> Anyway, is there an option to automatically transmit content of more than 
> 1 folder, i.e. inbox, draft and sent... at once?

What is this "mh:" in a URL? Never saw that before. Is that part of
the generic URL specification? Or is this a quirk of the "movemail"
program?

I guess I need to get out "man movemail" or see what's in
/usr/share/docs ...

-- 
Lars Poulsen - an old geek in Santa Barbara, California

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