Re: mutt development status
On Tue, Jul 12, 2005 at 02:04:05AM -0400, Derek Martin wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 11, 2005 at 01:59:58PM -0700, Marc Wilson wrote:
> > Perhaps it's due to some patch being applied, but Debian's mutt is
> > perfectly capable of retaining the 'N'ew mail label as long as you're using
> > maildir.
>
> Yeah, but there are two problems with what you just said:
>
> - 'N'ew mail label
> - as long as you're using maildir
>
> The first one is a problem because the mail ISN'T new... it's been
> seen already, it just hasn't been read.
I think this should (ideally) be configurable either way. Personally,
this "problem" is one reason I like Maildir. If I haven't opened a
message, just the folder it's in, I don't consider it "seen" or "old"
yet - it's still new to me. I like the fact that I can say "ignore this"
but still have mutt realize that there's new (i.e., unread) mail, even
if I have opened the mailbox since new mail last came in.
Presumably mutt could approximate this with mbox by touching a folder
when leaving it if any new messages exist - maybe that's an overly
simplistic approach or there's a flaw in my logic...
> The current behavior sucks. If you're using maildir, you keep getting
> bounced back to the first folder you have with new mail in it.
That can work to your advantage as well - just depends how you have
things setup.
I use the poorly named "unordered" to put my mailboxes in order of
priority, then cycle through them with a single key macro. If I want to
ignore a given mailbox, I can always tag all the new messages and make
them old or not "new".
w