How to switch mailboxes in Mutt

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I want to switch between the "Sent" mailbox and the current mailbox. I use the maildir type.

Ideally, there would be a macro bound to a shortcut key that does this.

You can write a macro and bind it to a key, or key sequence. For example, in my muttrc I include this line:

macro index \Cs  "<change-folder> =JWR/INBOX.Sent<enter>"  "go to Sent Items"

It takes me to my Sent items with Ctrls.

You can determine the correct name of the relevant maildir folder by bringing up the prompt with c and then hitting ? for the list.

Bind a key (G for "Get" is recommended) to imap-fetch-mail in your ~/.muttrc.

 bind index G imap-fetch-mail

Pressing G while in the index will now fetch new mail from the imap server.

(for POP users, the fetch-mail function fetches mail from a POP server)

With help from Michael Kjörling, here is the macro I was looking for:

macro index s ":set confirmappend=no delete=yes auto_tag=yes\n<save-message>=archive\n<sync-mailbox>:set confirmappend=yes delete=ask-yes\n"