David Shaw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> I just started using maildirs instead of mbox files. Now, whenever I
> leave a maildir, whether or not I made any changes, it always reports
> "New mail in ...." from the maildir I just left. Any ideas why?
A maildir has new mail iff there are files in its "new" subdirectory.
Did you leave the folder with some messages still marked as "N"? If so,
they are in the "new" subdir, and thus the maildir has new mail, even if
you just left it.
Mboxes don't operate that way; new mail is detected by checking the
timestamp on the mbox file.
Some people (like me) prefer the mbox method, where leaving a folder
with new mail means Mutt won't care about the folder anymore until new
mail shows up in it. Others seem to want the maildir-ish behavior,
where messages marked as "new" will always get Mutt's attention, even if
you left them in the folder. Nice that people can have it whichever way
they like. :)
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