Tada!  We have a winner.  In order for a folder to be considered for a
'N' flag, it must be specified in the mailboxes command.  That was what
I was missing.  Thanks a bunch to all.

        -Mike

On Mon, May 13, 2002 at 08:35:20PM +0200, Wojciech Krygier wrote:
> On Mon, May 13, 2002 at 10:20:04AM -0400, Mike Arrison wrote:
> > Howdy,
> >         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"
> > 
> > Because according to the manual:
> >    %N N if folder has new mail, blank otherwise
> > 
> > I'm seeing:
> > 
> >    10      66442 May 13 08:48 apache_users
> > 
> > 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
> > 
> > How do I get that 'N' on the folder view to display?  Thanks in advance.
> >         -Mike Arrison
> > 
> 
> Is that folder specified as a mailbox with 'mailboxes' command ?
> 
> Wojciech Krygier
> 
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