On Mon, 2005-02-14 at 16:53 +0530, Vikram Goyal wrote: > -----Original Message----- > From: Not Zed <[email protected]> > Sent: Mon, Feb 14, 2005 at 02:33:04PM +0800 > Cc [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Evolution] How to keep unread seen messages remain new. > > > > > > I don't follow what you are saying here, because: > > - evolution has no concept of 'new' or 'old' messages (at least not > > user-visible) > > - once you have 'seen' a message, it is 'read'. They are the same > > flag, and you cannot have a 'seen' message that you also have 'unread'. > > > > > Hello Not Zed, > > What I mean from seen but unread messages is that when one has many > folders and many new messages, one may open one folder, maybe read a few > messages and leave the rest of the messages as unread ( seen but unread ) > and later wants to read them.
so... you mean you have a folder with say 10 unread messages, then you read 5, and then switch to another folder (and thus 5 remain unread)? > > Well, In mutt one can set this option. switching folders won't change the read/unread status of messages which haven't been opened. so what option does there need to be? > I searched through all the > settings of evo but couldn't find one. I think one dosen't exists. The > reason I needed this was that since I read the mails intermittently, > where I even have to switch my box, when I return to evo the flag new is > gone and it's not possible to know if I have read them. sure it is, if they are bold with a envelope icon that isn't opened, then you haven't read them yet. -- Jeffrey Stedfast Evolution Hacker - Novell, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] - www.novell.com
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