Neil wrote: > Stuart Summerville wrote: > >> Another way of using it is: "once you see the flag there, then you >> switch to the mail program, and its then your responsibility to check >> for the new messages. The new_message counter on the inbox will still >> indicat how many are un-read. This way you can conciously decide to >> NOT read some of the new messages, and put the mail program away >> knowing that only SUBSEQUENT NEW messages will be shown by the systray >> flag." Thats the way I'd prefer to use it. > > > OK, so suppose I'm reading some messags that have been filtered into > another folder. While I'm reading those messages, new mail arrives - but > the biff icon goes away because I'm still reading the not quite new > messages :-(
err... by my system, the biff icon disappears as soon as the user either swithces to the mail tool, or reads the first new message (not sure which of these..). Any new mails coming in after that? hmmm... maybe my description of the handling of the biff flag is only for when the mail tool is not currently in focus - the case where the user is already using it (eg. reading other "new" emails)... yes maybe then the biff flag should stay until they've read all the subsequent new messages. ?? sTu.
