diff --git a/.config/offlineimap/generate_neomutt_sidebar.py b/.config/offlineimap/generate_neomutt_sidebar.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python3.11
+"""
+named-mailboxes "" "+INBOX"
+named-mailboxes "" "+Drafts"
+named-mailboxes "" "+Sent"
+named-mailboxes "" "+Labels.leveringsupdates"
+named-mailboxes "" "+Labels.retourns"
+named-mailboxes "" "+Labels.reviews"
+named-mailboxes "" "+Labels.saxenburgerdwarsstraat"
+named-mailboxes "" "+Labels.stempelkaart"
+named-mailboxes "" "+Labels.viewing"
+named-mailboxes "" "+All Services"
+named-mailboxes "" "+aankopen"
+named-mailboxes "" "+aankopen.eten"
+named-mailboxes "" "+aankopen.eten.boodschappen"
+named-mailboxes "" "+aankopen.eten.thuisBezorgdOfAfhalen"
+named-mailboxes "" "+aankopen.general"
+named-mailboxes "" "+aankopen.general.winkel specifieke bonnen"
+named-mailboxes "" "+behuizing"
+named-mailboxes "" "+behuizing.afwijzing"
+named-mailboxes "" "+behuizing.huisBaas"
+named-mailboxes "" "+importeren"
+named-mailboxes "" "+promoties"
+named-mailboxes "" "+Archive"
+named-mailboxes "" "+Spam"
+named-mailboxes "" "+Trash"
+"""
+from os import path
+from xdg import xdg_config_home
+
+
+# you can change this if you use a different file
+MAILBOXES_PATH = path.join(xdg_config_home(), 'neomutt/mailboxes')
+
+
+def fix_naming(foldername=""):
+    """
+    translate names of folders from a remote location to local location for
+    neomutt to pick up as mailbox names for the sidebar view.
+    We take labels and prepend a nerd font to them
+    this will kind of fake nesting your folders by adding some lines
+    """
+    # if the folder has a . in it, it might be nested
+    if '.' in foldername:
+        name_sections = foldername.split('.')
+
+        # for labels, we change from "Labels.label" to "ﮉ label"
+        if "Labels" in name_sections[0]:
+            return f"\"ﮉ {name_sections[1]}"
+
+        # Change indenting depending on how many . in the folder name
+        if len(name_sections) == 2:
+            return "\"└──  " + name_sections[1].title()
+        elif len(name_sections) == 3:
+            return "\"    └──  " + name_sections[2].title()
+    else:
+        return foldername.replace("+", " ").title()
+
+
+def fix_mailboxes_file(mailbox_path=MAILBOXES_PATH):
+    """
+    """
+    updated_lines_list = []
+
+    # open the mailboxes file to fix the naming
+    with open(mailbox_path, 'r') as mailbox_file:
+        for line in mailbox_file.readlines():
+            # we first split on spaces
+            sections = line.split()
+            # this should be the name of the folder on local disk
+            folder = sections[2]
+
+            # sometimes there's a space in the folder name; we catch it here
+            if not folder.endswith('"'):
+                folder = " ".join(sections[2:])
+
+            folder_description = fix_naming(folder)
+
+            new_line = " ".join([sections[0], folder_description, folder])
+            updated_lines_list.append(new_line + "\n")
+
+    with open(mailbox_path, 'w') as mailbox_writing_file:
+        for updated_line in updated_lines_list:
+            mailbox_writing_file.write(updated_line)
+
+    return True
+
+
+fix_mailboxes_file()
diff --git a/.config/offlineimap/postsync.sh b/.config/offlineimap/postsync.sh
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+notmuch new
+notmuch tag -inbox +sent from:$MAIL_USER