Re: browser new mail count
On Thursday, 02 March 2006 at 17:04, Phil Pennock wrote:
> Sorry to follow up to myself, but for clarity since many people aren't
> using IMAP:
>
> > browser.h's "struct folder_file" includes:
> > unsigned short new;
> >
> > Is there a reason to use a short?
> >
> > I have archive folders at work which have over 50k emails in them.
>
> I have _IMAP_ archive folders which have over 50k emails; folder_format
> expands %N to 'N'/' ' for the non-IMAP case. For IMAP, it expands as %d
> and gives the actual count of new mails.
>
> This, and probably the 'new' field in BUFFY types, are what concern me.
>
> The non-IMAP case probably explains why a short used to be sufficient
I expect that is indeed the reason. It's probably harmless to bump it
up to a regular int. But maybe in the meantime you should read some of
your mail ;)