Thus wrote David Thorburn-Gundlach ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [99.07.16 15:16]:
> Chris --
>
> ...and then Chris Gushue said...
> % Thus wrote Chris Gushue ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [99.07.13 20:39]:
> % > are new messages when I am in mailbox view, but there are messages INSIDE
> % > that mailbox with the new flag?
> %
> % To follow up with some extra information, if I receive new mail in a
> % folder, in the Mailbox view the N flag is shown. When I open the folder,
> % but don't read the new email, and then go back out of the folder, the N
> % flag is gone from the Mailbox view. Any ideas?
>
> How are you exiting the folder? If you quit, or change without first
> specifying that the folder should not be written (bound to % by
> default), instead of exit, then the new messages are all marked old
> and, technically, there *isn't* any new mail therein.
I exit the folder using this macro:
macro index l "g?\t"
(I also have the same macro for the pager)
> Go back into one of these folders and see if you have new mail or if
> all unread messages are marked "O" for old-but-unread.
When I go back into the folder, the messages I haven't read are still
marked "N" (I had "set nomark_old" - commenting this out marked the
old-but-unread messages as "O", but with the same behaviour otherwise).
Perhaps something that would be useful (if it isn't already there) is to
have another flag in the Mailbox view to show there are old-but-unread
messages in a folder, instead of just new ones?
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Chris Gushue <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ICQ:409207
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