I have found a bit of a settings work around for this dilemma. I have set mark_old = no in my .muttrc and it now keeps unread messages as new only. I don't keep unread `old' messages in my inbox so this works ok for me.
Thanks for all replies and suggestions, Chris On Sun, Nov 04, 2007 at 01:25:24PM -0600, Chris Sussmann wrote: > Hello all, > > I have been using mutt for a while with getmail and pop access to my > gmail account. Now with gmail offering IMAP, I am trying to switch > over. I can send and receive mail ok. But when I receive new mail the > status flag is O (for old) and not N (for New). I have done a quick > search of the mutt-users archive and a google search looking for the > correct setting. > > As an added note, I was using a gkrellm plug-in to check the IMAP box > but I disabled it. My guess was that it was showing that I had accessed > the box with new mail before mutt could get a hold if it. But that > didn't help a bit. > > My apologies if this is not really a mutt issue but a gmail issue. > > Thanks in advance, > Chris
