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?
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>> 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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