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Re: mutt looses new marker on mailboxes



On Sun, Dec 30, 2007 at 06:15:46PM -0500, Jörg Sommer wrote:
> > once you open an mbox folder/file, you have unset the, "N", new flag.
> > New mail will remain in the file and remain marked new until you open
> > it, but the file/folder will no longer be new, ie: you have accessed it.
> 
> But IMAP folder don't loose the N flag. And mutt-ng achieve the flag,
> too. This there an hook I can use to set the flag manually?
> 
> > do not open/access folders that you want to retain the new flag.
> 
> You are funny. I want to read the message before I decide to postpone the
> answer.

Don't use the "N" flag.  After the "N" flag is clearned, mutt should set
the "O" flag.  When you tab through messages, you'll get to O messages
after the N ones are gone.

You can mark most flags by pressing 'w' and clear by 'W'.  "N" and "O"
are able to be set and cleared like this.

Ross

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