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Re: What does asterisk mean against a mailbox name?



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On Thursday, April 23 at 10:58 PM, quoth Chris G:
>> >         vile*                            Apr 23 21:15   4.1K
>> >         xm-l                             Apr 23 22:15   6.5K
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>> >What do those asterisks indicate?
>> 
>> Hmm, not sure. What's your $folder_format look like?
>> 
>> I figure it either has something to do with mutt making the filename 
>> "pretty" or with you using %t.
>> 
>My folder_format is:-
>
>    set folder_format="%N %-32.32f %d %6s"

Okay, so it DOES have something to do with making the folder name 
"pretty"...

Ahh, here it is, in browser.c. The asterisk means that the mailbox has 
the S_IXUSR permission bit set (i.e., you've made it executable).

Essentially, mutt adds to the end of each file name an "@" if the file 
is a symbolic link, a "/" if it is a directory, and a "*" if it is 
marked as executable.

Of course, your mailboxes SHOULDN'T be executable, so something is 
messing with your permissions. You can correct the permissions with 
the chmod tool (e.g. `chmod a-x filename`). The real question I'd be 
wondering, though, is how they got marked as executable. That's not 
supposed to happen.

~Kyle
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