Change default folder where claws-mail stores mails

Question

How can I change the directory where claws-mail stores the mail folders? By default it stores it in /home/USERNAME/.

I would like to have them in a hidden directory. Searching the web did not yield any usable result.

Answer 1

How can I change the directory where claws-mail stores the mail folders?

Look in $HOME/.claws-mail/clawsrc and change the value of mailbox.

The default location for Claws Mail's configuration files is $HOME/.claws-mail/. (The command claws-mail --config-dir shows the location.)

They are in plain text format and quite easy to understand, so don't fear to take a look into them using a text editor.

clawsrc

main configuration: nearly all options from the settings window, e.g. mailbox location, font entries, etc.

Source What configuration files are there, and what are they used for?

Answer 2

Just tried another research and lucky me, I found the solution: Just name your mailbox name as a path relative from /home/ OR as an absolute path:

For example one could enter: .my_mailboxes/main_mailbox

I found that simple solution here: http://lists.claws-mail.org/pipermail/users/2012-February/001496.html