Re: hierarchical folder in mutt?
On Tue, Sep 06, 2005 at 09:13:20AM +0200, Christian Ebert wrote:
> * Jun Sun on Mon, Sep 05, 2005 at 06:11PM -0700:
> > On Sun, Sep 04, 2005 at 09:43:30AM -0500, Will Maier wrote:
> >> Nope. 'directory' isn't a valid mutt command. He's showing you the
> >> contents of the screen he's looking at.
> >
> > I am confused then. Can someone tell me exactly what was put in
> > Michael's muttrc file to list those two directories? I have been
> > using something like "mailboxes =<directory>" and mutt is not showing
> > the "N" flag for directories.
>
> My bet is he's using Maildir as mbox_type. So the maildirs are
> recognized as a mailbox and flagged if the contain new messages.
>
> So: No, you don't get the N flag for subdirectories, only for the
> mailboxes (be it maildirs which are themselves folders or mbox
> files) /inside/ the subdirectories.
>
Christian, your explanation makes a lot of sense. Thanks.
I don't know if anybody here is an expert in mutt code. My gut feeling
is that it should be too hard to add this feature, provided you know
where to mess. I'd appreciate if anyone who has an idea shed some
light here.
I will try to start this thread in mutt-devel mailing list.
Cheers.
Jun