* Derek Martin <inva...@pizzashack.org> [06-23-09 12:36]: > On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 05:22:20PM +0200, Rocco Rutte wrote: > > The mentioned $next_unread_mailbox is within some 3rd party patch and > > IIRC makes change folder suggest the next in the list with new mail, not > > the first. I haven't used it though. > > For what it's worth, the way I would most prefer to process my mail > would be like this: > > 1. start mutt > 2. enter first mailbox (in order listed in .muttrc) which contains > new mail. > 3. move to the next mailbox in listed order *in a ring* containing > new mail (i.e. if you move on from the first mail folder, change > to the next one in the list with new mail, returning to the first > mailbox after you've gone through all the others in the list with > new mail). > 4. repeat until there are no mailboxes containing new mail > 5. move to first mailbox containing *unread* (but not new) mail *in a > ring* > 6. repeat until no mailboxes contain unread mail >
I agree almost completely. One think I find lacking is a flag in the directory listing similar to the "N", new mail flag, showing folders containing "O", old mail. I want to know where *unread* mail is, not *just* new mail. tks for a precise example. -- Patrick Shanahan Plainfield, Indiana, USA HOG # US1244711 http://wahoo.no-ip.org Photo Album: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/gallery2 Registered Linux User #207535 @ http://counter.li.org
