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When connecting to an IMAP server for the first time, Cone reads server's list of default mailboxes. UW-IMAP server's list of default mailboxes includes optional folders it is capable of supporting, even if those folders are not actually configured and enabled. When Cone asks for the number of messages in the "#mhinbox" folder, the UW-IMAP responds with an error unless the account already has an MH-format mailbox configured (which is usually not the case).
Therefore, after defining a UW-IMAP-based account, some additional manual adjustments are needed. Highlight each unwanted mail folder, and press D to delete it. Leave only "INBOX" and "Folders". The "Folders" directory will usually open the server account's home directory. The default UW-IMAP server configuration provides IMAP access to the entire server account's home directory. In most cases mail folders will not exist in the home directory, but in a subdirectory, such as "Mail". Display the contents of the account's home directory by opening "Folders", highlight the "Mail" subdirectory, and press U, then T. This action creates a top-level shortcut to this IMAP folder, after which the top-level "Folders" entry may be deleted, leaving the UW-IMAP server account showing only "INBOX" and "Mail" as the initial list of folders. This is usually the preferred UW-IMAP server configuration.
Cone requires the wide-character version of the Curses library in order to support UTF-8 displays. Some Linux distributions (or other systems) may not include a wide-character Curses library. The INSTALL file contains instructions for building a UTF-8 capable version of Cone for Red Hat.
This error is reported if LC_ALL, LANG, or some other locale-related variables is not set. A similar error that names some other character set indicates that this character set is not supported by Cone. Cone supports most ISO-8859 and Cyrillic character sets. When built with a wide-character enabled Curses library Cone can also display UTF-8, and some East Asian character sets.
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