On Wed, Jul 21, 2010 at 03:25:37PM -0400, Patrick Shanahan wrote: >* Roger <[email protected]> [07-21-10 15:13]: >> Here's a suggestion. >> >> When viewing my mail folders (in browser), they usually run off screen as >> I accumulate lots of email. New email is marked at the folder level >> (browser) with "N" next to the folder name with new email. If I enter a >> folder, and think I've read all the email and leave the folder, the "N" >> is removed from the folder, and any new email off-screen - because the >> folder is viewed as a thread is now marked old ("O") and I can see I >> could likely skip these unless I scroll down the screen to check for any >> follow-up email sent to an old thread. >> >> How about an option to mark folders with an "O" on folder (browser) view >> containing old email (email not marked as read -- aka >> forgotten/overlooked emails)? >> >> Or is this already there? >> >> Looks to me, mark old only happens in (email) index view. > >You *have* really read the docs? > >3.123. mark_old > > Type: boolean > Default: yes > > Controls whether or not mutt marks new unread messages as old if you > exit a mailbox without reading them. With this option set, the next > time you start mutt, the messages will show up with an "O" next to > them in the index menu, indicating that they are old. > > >~/.muttrc >unset mark_old # i don't care about whether a message is old
Trigger happy? Reread the description, "... with an "O" next to them in the index menu...". Key being, browse folder view != index. See my other response to this thread for more info. But for the time being, I'm not up to coding it. It was merrily a suggestion for browse folder view, as in browse folder view *only* shows "N" and no other indicators. Besides, it's only once a year or less I might get a follow-up to a thread that has scrolled off the screen. set mark_old = no But I think I did so, so messages stay new -- but again, this is only index view and not browse folder view. -- Roger http://rogerx.freeshell.org/
