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Re: IMAP-Folders with new mails



On Wed, Jul 21, 2004 at 03:45:04AM -0400, David Yitzchak Cohen wrote:

> On Tue, Jul 20, 2004 at 09:14:37AM EDT, rossol@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> > On Tue, Jul 20, 2004 at 01:05:26AM +0200, Adeodato Simó wrote:
> > > * Florian Rossol [Mon, 19 Jul 2004 19:35:45 +0200]:
> > > > I'm using mutt (1.5.6) with uw-imapd (7:2002edebian1-3). When I browse
> > > > through the imap-folders, folders with new mails aren't marked with a
> > > > "N", although these folders are marked as mailboxes via the
> > > > "mailboxes"-command in my muttrc.
> > >   just to make sure: does mutt offer them when you press 'c' and then
> > >   Space several times? (i suppose no...)
> > you are right, mutt doesn't offer them in this situation.

Using mutt 1.5.6i against Exchange 5.5 definately exhibits this
behaviour.

1.4 with this patch changes folders correctly

--- mutt-1.5.4/imap/imap.c.orig 2003-04-08 15:09:16.000000000 -0400
+++ mutt-1.5.4/imap/imap.c      2003-04-08 15:09:58.000000000 -0400
@@ -1197,7 +1197,7 @@
mutt_bit_isset(idata->capabilities,STATUS))
{                            
        snprintf (buf, sizeof (buf), "STATUS %s (%s)", mbox,
-      new ? "RECENT" : "MESSAGES");
+      new ? "UNSEEN" : "MESSAGES");
}
        else
/* Server does not support STATUS, and this is not the current mailbox.
 */

(sorry or the bad formatting, copy and past scr*wed).

Anyway N messages show as O, because they've been body-peeked by another
program.

Outlook and family, Evolution, others show them as N.


Steve

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