Re: quick "from this message forward" limit key
On Sat 13 Sep 2003 at 08:28pm -0500, Patrick Shanahan wrote:
> * John Iverson <johni@xxxxxxxxx> [09-13-03 17:00]:
> > On Sat 13 Sep 2003 at 06:30am -0400, David T-G wrote:
> >
> > > Darn; it does not, in fact, show new mail as it arrives, so I'm back to
> > > the original approach. That's good, but the tag thing will kill me; I
> > > can just see me dumping my entire inbox into my spam folder. Well, I'll
> > > have to come up with something...
> >
> > Maybe something along these lines:
> >
> > macro index ,z
> > <tag-pattern>~N<enter><tag-prefix><set-flag>O<untag-pattern>~T<enter><last-entry><set-flag>N<limit>~N<enter>
> >
> > It uses tags, but clears them afterward. It seems the limit is
> > only consulted when it's first applied and when new mail arrives,
> > so messages are not automatically limited away once they become
> > non-new, which is good, I think.
>
> This shows new messages, until they have been read, then shows only the
> previous last message.
Not for me (like I said above in a possibly roundabout way). New
mail stays visible for me after I read it.
> Was this desired/intended?
No, it wasn't. Maybe there is another setting or factor involved.
I'm using Maildir format, for one thing.
--
John