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Re: mailbox does not sync from a macro



Hello Gary,

you have saved my life ;-)

Am 2006-05-22 17:52:52, schrieb Gary Johnson:
> I'm not sure, but I think I know what's happening.  Whenever I type 
> 's' to save a message, after entering the file name, I get a prompt 
> that says either
> 
>     Create /home/garyjohn/Mail/filename? ([yes]/no):
> 
> or
> 
>     Append messages to /home/garyjohn/Mail/filename? ([yes]/no):
> 
> My guess is that your macro is answering that prompt with 
> "<sync-mailbox>" and a Return.  If that's the case, then I think a 
> solution would be to follow the file name with "\n\n" instead of 
> just "\n".

Bingo, that it was!

> Also, I don't think you need to follow "<sync-mailbox>" with "\n".  
> The parser executes the function when it reads the ">".  The extra 
> "\n" will be seen as another command and could cause you other 
> problems.

Thanks again
    Michelle Konzack


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