From 0f8c27918d0dbc11d5577180f8cf1a6c473da7af Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Luke Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2018 10:38:52 -0700 Subject: readme fixes --- README.md | 8 +++++--- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) (limited to 'README.md') diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index e28fffd..87ecaf2 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -24,11 +24,13 @@ The only email provider which I think will *not* work (and will never work) is P dialog, neomutt and offlineimap should be installed. The contents of this repo should go directly in `~/.config/mutt/` and run from there. You also need to have a GPG public/private key pair for the wizard to automatically store your passwords. Otherwise you'll have to store them insecurely in plaintext files without the help of the wizard. -Just run `mutt-wizard.sh` for all the options. +Just run `mutt-wizard.sh` for all the options, to install an account: -Once you successfully run the script, you should be able to simply run `offlineimap` to start your mail sync (which will be big at first). Opening `neomutt`, you should see your mail. +* First, select the "Add an account" option and give the script your account information. +* Second, in a separate terminal, start your mail sync my running `offlineimap` or `offlineimap -a `. This will start downloading all your mail for offline access. +* Third, once your mailbox has started to download, reenter the script and select the "Auto-detect mailboxes" open. This will finalize the install and let you open up mutt to see your mail. -Note that once you run `offlineimap`, you'll want to reopen the script and select the option to autodetect mailboxes to put the finishing touches and to let you switch from mailbox-to-mailbox in just two key presses. +Whenever you want to check for mail, just run the `offlineimap` command again. ### "Wait? The script asks for my passwords?" -- cgit v1.2.3