Steve Meredith quoted various people:
> Stefan Norman wrote:
> > "David Coppit" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> >
> > > I have several folders into which I sort mail on the server using
> > > procmail. As a result, at any time some or all of them may have
> > > new messages. Is there some way that I can get Netscape 6.1 to
> > > check them all at once for new mail?
I handle what may be the same problem in a different way - I have a
modified version of Maildrop to filter mail as it arrived into each
mailing list's mailbox, and then put a copy of it in the Inbox, but
flagged for deletion. I also have a program which Maildrop can pass the
message through to add a [Label] to subject line of messages from those
mailing lists which have no such label:
http://www.firstpr.com.au/web-mail/
This "copy to mailbox but deliver to Inbox flagged for deletion)
replicates Netscape 4.x's and Mozilla's filtering system, but is
entirely on the server, operates as the emails arrive, and can filter on
any header or anything at all in the email. For instance, I find the
best headers to filter on (at least with mailing lists) are:
Return-Path: Unique for most mailing lists.
Reply-To: Stable for most mailing lists including some
elzm and Yahoo Groups ones which have a
personalised Return-Path which is different
for each message.
Resent-Sender: } These or those above work for all but one of the
Mailing-List: } 33 lists I am on.
Delivered-To: }
*None* of these are standard filtering headers with Mozilla or Netscape
4.x. With N4.x it was possible to add novel headers, but they didn't
always work, and they would be forgotten if a new version was installed.
My filtering system doesn't remove the desirability of being able to ask
the email client to tell which mailboxes have new mail in them (however
defined) - but at least I get to see all the activity of mailing lists
in my Inbox, with an IMAP Expunge to delete them when I have looked at
the ones I want.
My need then is to be able to have the client which has a mailbox open
check with the server to update its understanding of what messages are
in that mailbox. With N4.7x, double-clicking the mailbox doesn't do
this, so the only way seems to be to close it and re-open it.
I find that with Mozilla 0.9.3 (Windows) the only way seems to be to
double-click the mailbox - then I get the blasted new window with the
narrow left section and then the old window - both with an updated
version of the mailbox contents.
<wish> What would be nice is a menu option (from the top, or a right
click) to update the client's understanding of what is in this mailbox.
</wish>
- Robin
