Mike, et al -- ...and then Mike Schiraldi said... % % > Don't define "new" as 'contains unread mail', but instead as 'has been % > read from since it was last written to' and see if your display makes % > sense. % % Is there a solution for those of us who -do- want to define "new" as % "contains unread mail"? I generally do not care whether a folder has been
Not yet. % read from since it was last written to. What i'm interested in is which % folders still have messages in them that i haven't yet read. How could you tell that, though? So far the only way is to open each folder (whatever format) and read the whole thing to look for message status headers. That could take quite a long time on some of the folders I have, and I've found out that mine are *small* compared to those of others out there! % % Perhaps another %-escape should be added to folder_format for this purpose. The last suggestion that came up was for someone to write a feature patch that implemented a $look_inside_folders_and_count_new_messages variable of some sort, so that those of us who don't want to spend the time reading the mailboxes don't have to. I believe, however, that ME is working on a caching patch which might also include a count of messages and their stati. :-D -- David T-G * It's easier to fight for one's principles (play) [EMAIL PROTECTED] * than to live up to them. -- fortune cookie (work) [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.justpickone.org/davidtg/ Shpx gur Pbzzhavpngvbaf Qrprapl Npg!
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