Re: Messages tagged as Old ("O")
On Sun 2007-07-01 08:22 , Patrick Shanahan wrote:
> * Kumar Appaiah <akumar@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> [07-01-07 03:59]:
> > On Sun, Jul 01, 2007 at 01:12:29PM +0530, Kumar Appaiah wrote:
> > > Sorry, I realized that I had nomark_old set. Hence the problem.
> >
> > But that wasn't the issue. All my incoming mails (delivered by
> > procmail to my mboxes) are marked "O". What else could the reason be?
>
>
> You do not give enough information, but a guess: You are running a
> mail notification program.
>
> Explanation: Mutt will remove the "N" flag or set it to "O" if the
> directory containing subject file has been accessed, depending on your
> settings.
>
> You can stop the "O" flag by unsetting "mark_old", ie: unset mark_old,
> but the "N" flag will still be removed by directory access.
Or you may use check_mbox_size=yes (mutt => 1.5.15 IIRC)
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