Re: curious about some implementation issues

[Dinusha & Namal <namal1@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello Mutt Administrators,

Could you please unsubscribe me from the email alias mutt-dev@xxxxxxxxx

Thank you
Namal


Sergei Gerasenko wrote:

> I've been curious about two things about mutt.
>
> 1) If I understand correctly, marking a message as "read" involves
> inserting a "Status:RO" line into the header of the message. How does
> mutt do that pricesely? I mean, is it modifying the file in place or
> does it create a temporary file, which is then renamed? I've been
> ignorant of this and similar problems (e.g. working with flat files) for
> two long and it's about time I ask!
>
> 2) How does mutt make sure that while it's modifying the mailbox, the
> delivery agent is not adding something to it at the same time?
>
> Thanks for your time.
>
> Sergei
>
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