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Re: Change unread mark without open the message



On 28 Apr 2008 18:26 +1000, by webmail.hce@xxxxxxxxx (hce):
> I tried to "set mark_old=no"
> 
> But it did not work, it still marked N to O after exiting mutt.
> 
> What was wrong for the "set mark_old=no"?

There should be nothing wrong with it. Are you certain that it took?
(Try `:' followed by `set ?mark_old', Enter and see what it says.)


> change it back to "N". I tried to use tag as you suggested above to
> change all "O" messages to "N". But did not work. Please explain more
> details how can I use the tag to change all "O" state to "N" state in
> one go.

If all messages marked old should be changed to new:

* Press T (upper case T) for <tag-pattern>

* At the prompt, input the pattern ~O, which matches all "old"
  messages, and press Enter

* Press ; (semicolon) for <tag-prefix>

* Press w (lower case W) for <set-flag>

* Press N for new

* Optionally, press $ to commit the changes to disk

Done.

If only some messages should have the flag changed, replace the first
two steps above with manually tagging the relevant messages using "t"
(lower case T).

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