* Rocco Rutte <pd...@gmx.net> [06-23-09 17:16]: > * Patrick Shanahan wrote: > > > 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. > > This is not as easy at it sounds. At least (unfortunately) not without > full parsing with mbox which is bad. For maildir you'd have to walk the > cur/ subdirectory which can be huge and or painfully slow with a slow > FS. "Just new mail" is well defined so that checking folders is really > cheap.
Is this something perhaps that could be added to header_cache without so much overhead? -- 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
