Mike -- ...and then Mike Arrison said... % % Howdy,
Hiya! % I'm trying to get a new message flag to display in front of my % folder name in the folder index view. So I'm doing the following: % % set folder_format="%2C %N %8s %d %f" That makes sense. % % Because according to the manual: % %N N if folder has new mail, blank otherwise Yep. You can trust that. % % I'm seeing: % % 10 66442 May 13 08:48 apache_users Hmmm... That says to me that your access-time timestamp has been updated by something looking at the folder, be it biff or wnewmail or your shell or even mutt. You can check with ls -lFc --full-time apache_users ls -lFu --full-time apache_users and perhaps discover that the latter is later than the former. In order for mutt to put the "N" flag by the folder, the modification time (the first command) must be later than the access time (the second command). To force the situation so that mutt sees the folder as updated, use touch -m apache_users to udpate the modification time and then (after using the ls commands to assure yourself that the mod time is fresh while the acc time is old) ask mutt for a folder listing; if mutt still doesn't show the "N" flag then go back to your other window (you are doing this in two or three windows to keep things simple, right? :-) and use ls again to see if the acc time has been updated behind your back. % % Unfortunately, I never see an 'N' even though when I enter a folder, it % clearly shows new messages (marked with an 'N') like so: % % 1 N May 12 12:05 XXXXXXXXXX (0.5K) XXXXXXXXXX Actually, *that* "N" has nothing to do with the outer N; see the archives for vast discussions of "undread mail" and "folders" and the meaning of the former in relation to the latter :-) % % How do I get that 'N' on the folder view to display? Thanks in advance. It's supposed to be easy, really. The problem is all of these other programs that want to be the first to tell you about new mail! % -Mike Arrison HTH & 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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