'man muttrc', under 'folder_format', suggests that the format strings %N and %t in the folder view, should show the existence of new or tagged messages. However, this is not happening for me, neither with the default folder_format string or my preferred one, "%2C %t %N %-15.15f %d". What might be going wrong here? Dave. -- Dave Edwards <dleSympaticoCa> Freelance and Technical Writer, With Special Interest in Open Source Software