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



* Derek Martin <invalid@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> [20081028 20:48]:
> On Sun, Oct 26, 2008 at 11:31:20PM +1300, Chris Bannister wrote:
> > So pressing 'c' doesn't bring up next mailbox with new mail?
> 
> The answer is maybe -- it depends on what mail folder format you're
> using, and also what exactly you consider to be "new" mail.  If you're
> using mbox folders, and you've visited a folder that has new mail in
> it, then leave, mutt will no longer consider that mail to be new
> (regardless of how you have the relevant variables set), and won't
> show you that folder again until additional messages are delivered to
> it.  By contrast, if you are using maildir, mutt WILL consider that
> mail to be new until you've actually read it (and it's therefore been
> moved to the "cur" directory of the maildir folder).

mutt 1.5.18; use "set nomark_old"

Works with imap(s), maildir and mbox. I have it running here. ;-)
What I have not tried is MH folders, because I have never had a reason
to.

-- 
Anders Karlsson <anders@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
All-Round Linux Tinkerer & RHCE