Jeremy, et al -- ...and then Jeremy Blosser said... % % On Feb 04, David T-G [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] wrote: % > So tell me a bit about Maildir... When new mail arrives, it is written % > to tmp/ and then atomically moved to new/, right? Does it stay in new/ % > until you read it and it moves to cur/? If that's the usual behavior, % % Yes.
Aha. Gotcha. % % > when you e'x'it or otherwise don't sync your changes (like changing from % > 'n'ew to read) do they stay in new/ instead of moving? I had thought % % Yes. And Mutt will move them back to new/ if you toggle the N flag to true % again and sync. So, for Maildir, there is a quick way to see if there are any new messages in the folder. Good enough. Now for someone who wants to write up a patch to take advantage of this :-) % % > that all mail gets moved to cur/ as a final part of the delivery and that % > the MUA was not expected to find things in new/ ... % % No... the MTA is responsible for getting it to new/. The MUA is % responsible for it after that. % % From the maildir(5) man page: [snip] Thanks for the details! HAND :-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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