On Sun 2007-07-01 08:22 , Patrick Shanahan wrote: > * Kumar Appaiah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [07-01-07 03:59]: > > On Sun, Jul 01, 2007 at 01:12:29PM +0530, Kumar Appaiah wrote: > > > Sorry, I realized that I had nomark_old set. Hence the problem. > > > > But that wasn't the issue. All my incoming mails (delivered by > > procmail to my mboxes) are marked "O". What else could the reason be? > > > You do not give enough information, but a guess: You are running a > mail notification program. > > Explanation: Mutt will remove the "N" flag or set it to "O" if the > directory containing subject file has been accessed, depending on your > settings. > > You can stop the "O" flag by unsetting "mark_old", ie: unset mark_old, > but the "N" flag will still be removed by directory access.
Or you may use check_mbox_size=yes (mutt => 1.5.15 IIRC) -- Alessio 'mOLOk' Bolognino Arch Linux Trusted User Please send personal email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Public Key http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0xFE0270FB GPG Key ID = 1024D / FE0270FB 2007-04-11 Key Fingerprint = 9AF8 9011 F271 450D 59CF 2D7D 96C9 8F2A FE02 70FB
