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<dt><span class="term">Logging into the UW-IMAP server
shows the following message: “<span class="quote"><code class="literal">ALERT: NO $HOME/.mh_profile
not found, mh format names disabled</code></span>”;
and <span class="application">Cone</span> lists several
funny-named folders, like “<span class="quote"><code class="literal">#ftp</code></span>” and
“<span class="quote"><code class="literal">#news</code></span>”</span></dt>
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<p>When connecting to an IMAP server for the first time,
<span class="application">Cone</span> reads server's list
of default mailboxes. UW-IMAP server's list of default
mailboxes includes optional folders it is capable of
supporting, even if those folders are not actually
configured and enabled, which includes MH folders. When
<span class="application">Cone</span> asks for the number
of messages in the “<span class="quote">#mhinbox</span>” folder, the UW-IMAP server
reports an error unless the account already has an
MH-format mailbox (which is usually not the case).</p>
<p>Therefore, manual adjustments are needed after opening
an UW-IMAP account for the first time. Highlight each
unwanted mail folder, and press <span class="keycap"><strong>D</strong></span> to delete it. Leave
only “<span class="quote">INBOX</span>” and
“<span class="quote">Folders</span>”. The
“<span class="quote">Folders</span>”
directory will usually open the server account's home
directory. The default UW-IMAP server configuration
provides IMAP access to the entire server account's home
directory. In most cases mail folders will not exist in
the home directory, but in a subdirectory, such as
“<span class="quote">Mail</span>”. Display
the contents of the account's home directory by opening
“<span class="quote">Folders</span>”,
highlight the “<span class="quote">Mail</span>” subdirectory, then press
<span class="keycap"><strong>U</strong></span>, then
<span class="keycap"><strong>T</strong></span>. This
action creates a top-level shortcut to <code class="filename">$HOME/Mail</code>, after which the top-level
“<span class="quote">Folders</span>” entry
may be deleted, leaving the UW-IMAP server account
showing only “<span class="quote">INBOX</span>” and “<span class="quote">Mail</span>” as the initial list of
folders. This is usually the preferred UW-IMAP server
configuration.</p>
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<dt><span class="term"><span class="application">Cone</span> refuses to start on a UTF-8
terminal, reporting “<span class="quote"><code class="literal">ERROR: Your display appears to be set to the
UTF-8 character set. This application cannot display this
character set. If this application did not read the display
character set name correctly, the name of the display's
character set name can be manually specified using the
CHARSET environment variable. Otherwise reconfigure your
display to use a supported character set and try
again.</code></span>”</span></dt>
<dd>
<p>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 <a class="link" href="INSTALL.html" title="Installing Cone" shape="rect">INSTALL</a> file contains instructions for
building a UTF-8 capable version of <span class="application">Cone</span> for Red Hat 9, and earlier.</p>
</dd>
<dt><span class="term"><span class="application">Cone</span> refuses to start on a UTF-8
terminal, reporting “<span class="quote"><code class="literal">ERROR: Your display appears to be set to the
ANSI_X3.4-1968 character set. This application cannot
display this character set. If this application did not
read the display character set name correctly, the name of
the display's character set name can be manually specified
using the CHARSET environment variable. Otherwise
reconfigure your display to use a supported character set
and try again.</code></span>”</span></dt>
<dd>
<p>This error is reported if <code class="envar">LC_ALL</code>, <code class="envar">LANG</code>,
or some other locale-related variable is not set. A
similar error naming some other character set indicates
that this character set is not supported by <span class="application">Cone</span>. <span class="application">Cone</span> supports most ISO-8859 and
Cyrillic character sets. When built with a wide-character
enabled Curses library <span class="application">Cone</span> can also display UTF-8, and
some East Asian character sets.</p>
</dd>
<dt><span class="term"><span class="application">Cone</span> reports the following error when
trying to connect to a POP3 server: “<span class="quote">This POP3 server does not appear to implement the
POP3 UIDL command.</span>”</span></dt>
<dd>
<p>The server is running old POP3 code that does not
implement all the modern POP3 features. Instead of trying
to configure a POP3 account, configure a POP3 maildrop
account instead. A POP3 maildrop account will work with
servers that do not implement the modern POP3
protocol.</p>
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