On 2009-05-08, Patrick Shanahan <ptilopt...@gmail.com> wrote: > * Wu, Yue <vano...@gmail.com> [05-08-09 18:26]: > > > > Do you me I should fix it manually? > > :^), yes > > > >From the manpage of muttrc, it says mark_old is for: > > > > > Controls whether or not mutt marks new unread messages as old if you > > > exit a mailbox without reading them. > > > > So it's for message, not for mbox. My issue is that when I enter into > > mbox then change to others, then the mbox's new mark will gone, no > > matter if the mbox contains new messages or not. > > Mutt inserts a "flag" into each message header according to your > configuration. If you examine the header of a message flagged as > "old" you will see "Status: O" near the last header line. > > Since you had previously used mutt configured to "mark_old" and mutt > did as it was told, you must those messages which have already been > flagged. To do this: > > T~O;N > > Enter the above characters and the entire visible listing will have > the "old" flagged messages changed to "new". > > > Maybe I didn't describe myself clearly, so make you misunderstand? > > Sorry for my bad English. > > Yes, you have made your problem clear. But once the "new" messages > have been marked/flagged as "old" changing the configuration will not > automagically change them back to "new". The key sequence I displayed > above "T~O;N" will change the entire current mbox file. > > And since you have set "mark_old" to "off" or "unset", you will not > see this happen any more. > > I hope I have made this clear for you. :^)
I don't think this is Wu Yue's problem, Patrick. I could be wrong, but as I understand him, he is opening a mailbox, leaving some of the messages unread, then changing to another mailbox, then checking to see which mailboxes contain new mail (perhaps with the y command), and sees that the first mailbox has no N in front of it, indicating that it contains no new messages, although in fact it does. If that is the problem, then I see that problem with my installation, too. I don't have a solution other than to quit and restart mutt. HTH, Gary
