On Sat, Oct 19, 2013 at 06:10:52AM -0600, The Doctor wrote: > On Sat, Oct 19, 2013 at 01:24:52PM +0800, Kevin J. McCarthy wrote: > > The Doctor wrote:
> > > mutt does not ask to move read messages to an mbox in the user's > > > directory. > > > > > > This is working in mutt 1.5.18 > > Looks like thie was introduced in changeset d2134eced31b. The default > > value of $move was changed from ask-no to no. [...] > > If you like, you can just add > > set move=ask-no > > to your .muttrc to revert to the old behaviour. > What would it take to revert to the old ask-no behaviour? You mean to change the default back, vs. configuring your client for ask-no? Personally, I think the new default is more sensible. People who prefer the old behavior can still set it explicitly, and *not* moving the mail doesn't really cause any harm - someone who wants that behavior can change the setting, and read mail will then be moved. These days, I think few people (other than old ELM users) have the expectation that a MUA will move mbox messages from the mail spool to ~/mbox. w
