Thomas --
...and then Thomas Kniep said...
% Am 17.09.2001 (17:47) schrieb David T-G:
%
% Hi ...
Hello again.
%
% > Note that when you enter the mailbox, even if you don't make any changes
% > or read any messages, you've accessed it, and so the next time mutt lists
% > it in the browser it won't be marked as new. That 'N' flag has *nothing*
% > to do with the state of messages in the file, but actually is only an
% > indication of the update time of the file.
%
% OK I can live with that ... so lets change the question a bit:
Ready :-)
%
% What is the use of nomark_old? Is it just for the TAB business? I have
Well, it could al so be for your use. As I interpret it, the 'N' flag is
for mail that has arrived and which you have not yet evaluated -- read,
replied, or at least recognized. Once you've recognized it, even if you
haven't read it or replied to it, you have seen it and you don't need to
have it called to your attention the next time you open the mailbox and
look for newly-arrived mail, so you could allow (with mark_old set) it to
be changed from 'N'ew to 'O'ld, even while preserving its unread status.
Of course, once you've read it, the 'N' or 'O' is cleared, and when you
reply the 'r' is set.
I use this to determine whether or not I "pretend" to have read it; when
a message comes in, if I can't identify it I read it (and I might delete
it, save it to another folder, reply to it, or whatever, finishing my
necessary processing) if I have the time (and if I don't have the time,
it just stays 'N'). If it's something of interest to read or process
later but not immediate, I'll re-mark it 'O'ld, indicating its unread
status (*wink*) but lowering its urgency; if it's something that will
need attention soon, I'll re-mark it 'N'ew to put it back on the heap, so
to speak.
% changed TAB to:
%
% bind pager <tab> next-unread
% bind index <tab> next-unread
%
% is there any other use for it?
%
% Is there any why to get an overview on unread mails (either marked N or O)?
Hmmm... You might have truly meant 'why' instead of 'way', and I don't
think there's an overview of that, but it's not a bad idea. If you mean
'way', then I'm not sure what you mean other than the index view showing
them to you; if you want some sort of analysis like "23 New messages,
41 Old messages, 17 read messages, 6 replied messages" you'll have to
write it -- but it sounds like a lovely idea ;-)
%
% I start mutt with die -y option and would like to see all the folder with
% unread mail.
Since mutt doesn't look inside the folders as it scans them (gosh,
imagine how frightfully long *that* could take!), you won't get any
information relevant to N/O/ /r at that stage (or at the folder browser
stage); that's where the update-time and access-time thing comes in.
%
% --
% Thomas Kniep ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
%
HTH & HAND
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