* On Wed, 28 Aug 2002, Will Yardley wrote: > John Keniry wrote: > > On Wed, Aug 28, 2002 at 09:51:19PM -0700, Will Yardley wrote: > > > John Keniry wrote: > > >>> Is there a way to show on the browser page which folders > >>> contain unread mail other than opening them and looking for > >>> it? > > >> Define the folders you want checked in mailboxes; ie: > >> > >> mailboxes ! +foo +bar +lists:mutt +poop > > > I've done that, and ok when I press 'l' on the browser page I > > see the folders marked 'N'. > > > > Suppose I enter the folder, then leave it without reading all > > the new mail. Then the folder just looks like an ordinary > > folder (no 'N'). Do I simply have to remember where I have > > unread mail? > > With mbox, i'm afraid that's the case (until the folder gets > more new messages). > > With Maildir, the folder will continue to show up as having new > messages (I don't know if that, in and of itself is a good > reason to switch to Maildir).
I'm using Maildir folders, and I'm having the same problem. And it doesn't matter if the folder gets more new messages. The "N" marker never shows up for the mailbox you just came (to the mailbox browser) from. -- John
