Re: Using MH folders
On Sun, Sep 14, 2008 at 09:33:58AM -0400, Peter Davis wrote:
> I'm using MH folders with Mutt 1.4.2.3i, but there are some
> inconsistencies:
>
> 1) Mutt seems to assume the "unseen" sequence is always called
> "unseen," though this can be set in the .mh_profile. If I set it to
> "unseen", mutt seems to know which messages in a folder are unread.
> If I call it "unread," however, mutt has no idea.
>
> 2) Mutt seems to use one mechanism for recognizing which folders
> contain new messages, and a different mechanism for actually
> identifying the new messages. Mutt will tell me there's new mail in
> folder xxx, but when I change to folder xxx, none of the messages are
> marked as new.
>
> 3) Mutt doesn't seem to recognize some folders as mail folders at
> all. In MH, a mail folder is just a folder under the top mail folder
> which contains files whose names are message numbers: 1, 2, 739, etc.
> Sometimes when I try to change folders to one of these, mutt tells me
> it's not a mail folder.
Well, it appears that mutt 1.5.18 fixes issues 2 and 3. I haven't
tested whether it fixes #1 because, frankly, I don't much care if the
unseen sequence is called "unread" or "unseen".
Thanks!
-pd
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