Re: atime/mtime
* Derek Martin <invalid@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> [06-23-09 12:36]:
> On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 05:22:20PM +0200, Rocco Rutte wrote:
> > The mentioned $next_unread_mailbox is within some 3rd party patch and
> > IIRC makes change folder suggest the next in the list with new mail, not
> > the first. I haven't used it though.
>
> For what it's worth, the way I would most prefer to process my mail
> would be like this:
>
> 1. start mutt
> 2. enter first mailbox (in order listed in .muttrc) which contains
> new mail.
> 3. move to the next mailbox in listed order *in a ring* containing
> new mail (i.e. if you move on from the first mail folder, change
> to the next one in the list with new mail, returning to the first
> mailbox after you've gone through all the others in the list with
> new mail).
> 4. repeat until there are no mailboxes containing new mail
> 5. move to first mailbox containing *unread* (but not new) mail *in a
> ring*
> 6. repeat until no mailboxes contain unread mail
>
I agree almost completely. One think I find lacking is a flag in the
directory listing similar to the "N", new mail flag, showing folders
containing "O", old mail. I want to know where *unread* mail is, not
*just* new mail.
tks for a precise example.
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