On 06.03.2016, at 07:53, Evgeniy Berdnikov <b...@protva.ru> wrote:
> On Sun, Mar 06, 2016 at 02:44:29AM +0100, famfop wrote:
>> Hi,
>> as the title already suggests I'm looking for a way to automatically
>> symlink 'new'-flagged
>> messages to an unread folder.
>> The idea is to later display them in the mail client (in my case mutt,
>> but I think this
>> solution should/could be independent of the client)  in an 'unread
>> folder' and as soon as
>> I click on/read the message the symlink gets deleted (and the message
>> flagged as read.
>> That way the unread folder only has unread messages.
>> 
>> Symlink was just my idea as I thought this would be the most elegant
>> way, if you have
>> better solutions feel free to suggest :)
> 
> IMHO, it's a task for MUA, not for mailbox synchronization tool.
> Mutt is programmable, but I think it has no capability to do that.
> However, both Mutt and Mbsync are available in sources, you can
> modify them for your exotic needs.

I'd start by reading the FAQ, which for mutt mentions mairix or nmzmail for 
just this :-)
In case those are not good enough, I'd consider programming something using 
fuse, which could provide actual virtual folders...
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