On Fri, 20 Jun 2003, Mark Crispin wrote: > On Fri, 20 Jun 2003, David Woodhouse wrote: > > A common behaviour I desire from a client is to find mailboxen which > > have new mail. Yet the \Unmarked flag doesn't necessarily indicate that > > status. The \Unmarked flag says that no new mail has been delivered > > since the mailbox was last SELECTed. > > Your argument is fallacious. > > You define "have new mail" in a way that is different from what \Marked > and \Unmarked indicate, and conclude that these flags are not useful.
\Marked doesn't indicate anything other than that the mailbox is 'interesting' in the current wording. In fact, David does raise an excellent example of an interpretation of an 'interesting' mailbox that is not degenerate (as the penguins case admittedly is). -Rob -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Rob Siemborski | Andrew Systems Group * Research Systems Programmer PGP:0x5CE32FCC | Cyert Hall 207 * [EMAIL PROTECTED] * 412.268.7456 -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK---- Version: 3.12 GCS/IT/CM/PA d- s+: a-- C++++$ ULS++++$ P+++$ L+++(++++) E W+ N o? K- w O- M-- V-- PS+ PE++ Y+ PGP+ t+@ 5+++ R@ tv-@ b+ DI+++ G e h r- y? ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK-----
