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Re: Rolling in sidebar, other mutt-ng type bits?



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On Saturday, October 25 at 09:36 PM, quoth Erik Christiansen:
> On Sat, Oct 25, 2008 at 12:03:24PM +0100, tchomby wrote:
>> It's to solve the problem where you are subscribed to a large number 
>> of email lists, for example, and filter mail from each list into its 
>> own folder, then you don't want to have to open each folder just to 
>> see if there's anything new in it. What's the best solution in mutt?
>
> Dunno about best, but I've long been content with just pressing '.' for 
> an update of mailboxes with new mail. Granted, only the first 8 - 10 fit 
> on the status line, but they're in the priority order given in .muttrc. 
> It hardly matters if there's also mail in the 15th most interesting 
> list, if I have'nt yet looked in the 10 most important.

That's a good point. However, I do *occasionally* want to know what 
else is out there, even in folders that I don't always check all the 
time. Since mutt's IMAP browser is pretty much useless in this regard, 
I use MacBiff http://macbiff.sourceforge.net/, but you may find that 
there's some other version of biff or biff-like application that is 
useful for you. I know when my desktop was a Linux box, I really liked 
Gkrellm's mailbox checker. Check out the Replacements section: 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biff

~Kyle
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