Scenario: When I press $ to purge the deleted messages in my mailbox,
and it asks me:
Purge 8 deleted messages? ([yes]/no):
and I answer yes, if new mail has arrived that mutt didn't see yet, it
will show the new mail and *abort* the purge operation. Is this a bug/is
there a workaround for
* Philip Mak ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [Dec 27. 2001 11:10]:
Scenario: When I press $ to purge the deleted messages in my mailbox,
and it asks me:
Purge 8 deleted messages? ([yes]/no):
and I answer yes, if new mail has arrived that mutt didn't see yet, it
will show the new mail and *abort*
On Thu, 27 Dec 2001, Brian Clark wrote:
if new mail has arrived that mutt didn't see yet, it
will show the new mail and *abort* the purge operation. Is this a bug/is
there a workaround for this?
If you don't want to be asked, I think you want this:
### delete
### Type: quadoption
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On Thu, Dec 27, 2001 at 11:20:07AM -0500, Philip Mak wrote:
On Thu, 27 Dec 2001, Brian Clark wrote:
if new mail has arrived that mutt didn't see yet, it
will show the new mail and *abort* the purge operation. Is this a bug/is
there a workaround for this?
If you don't want to be
* Benjamin Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] [27-12-2001 17:47]:
| That's not what I was talking about, actually. I was saying that when it
| asks me Purge 8 deleted messages? ([yes]/no): and I answer yes, it DOES
| NOT purge the messages if new mail has just arrived.
|
|
| I've found this
On Thu, Dec 27, 2001 at 05:53:40PM +0100, René Clerc wrote:
* Benjamin Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] [27-12-2001 17:47]:
| That's not what I was talking about, actually. I was saying that when it
| asks me Purge 8 deleted messages? ([yes]/no): and I answer yes, it DOES
| NOT purge the messages
On Thu, 27 Dec 2001, Benjamin Smith wrote:
I was thinking of that too, but since mutt still knows how to mark the
messages to be deleted after the purge, why not delete them after the
check... ?
Good question... Currently the code just does this (in
mbox_sync_mailbox):
/* Check to
* Benjamin Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] [27-12-2001 18:32]:
| I was thinking of that too, but since mutt still knows how to mark the
| messages to be deleted after the purge, why not delete them after the
| check... ?
|
| Good question... Currently the code just does this (in
|
Philip, et al --
...and then Philip Mak said...
%
% Scenario: When I press $ to purge the deleted messages in my mailbox,
% and it asks me:
%
% Purge 8 deleted messages? ([yes]/no):
%
% and I answer yes, if new mail has arrived that mutt didn't see yet, it
% will show the new mail and *abort*
Philip, et al --
...and then Philip Mak said...
%
...
% I think a better way of handling this would be for mutt to remember what
% messages were marked as deleted when $ was pressed. If the user then
% confirms the deletion but mutt detects a changed mailbox, it should go
% read the mailbox
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