Re: logic loop with IMAP mailboxes and new messages
Jukka Salmi --> mutt-users (2006-09-27 17:15:30 +0200):
> Hi,
>
> I'm using Mutt 1.5.13 (2006-09-08) for reading mail using IMAP
> exclusively. My IMAP server is Cyrus IMAP4 v2.2.13.
>
> There seems to be a problem if more than two mailboxes contain unread
> messages. Assuming
>
> - there are three folders: folder1, folder2 and folder3
> - my muttrc contains:
> set folder=imap://server/
> mailboxes +INBOX.folder1 +INBOX.folder2 +INBOX.folder3
> - all three folder contain an unread message
>
> After being started Mutt correctly notices the presence of the unread
> messages: hitting `c' (change-folder) causes Mutt to suggest to change
> to folder1. I press return, and folder1 is selected. Hitting `c' again
> leaving folder1's message unread, Mutt proposes to change to folder2.
> So far so good. But hitting `c' again now, Mutt suggests to change
> back to folder1. I had expected Mutt to suggest folder3 which also
> contains unread message. However, changing back to folder1, not reading
> the message and hitting `c', Mutt recommends changing to folder2, and
> so forth...
>
> Sure, I could use `space' in the change-folder prompt to cycle through
> all folders containing new messages. However, Mutt once handled this
> correctly; IIRC this changed between 1.5.12 and 1.5.13. Reading the
> ChangeLog, I suspect the culprit is Brendan's change on 2005-12-16
> 18:18:52.
BTW: tracing a session revealed that none of the three mailboxes UIDNEXT
and UIDVALIDITY values changes while Mutt acts as described...
Regards, Jukka
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