On Sun, Dec 23, 2012 at 03:41:58AM +1300, Chris Bannister wrote: > On Sat, Dec 22, 2012 at 01:47:24PM +0000, Chris Green wrote: > > > > I have added:- > > bind index n next-unread-mailbox > > > > ... and now I can find new mail in all my (mbox) mailboxes without any > > stupid requirements for setting access times or whatever to the files. > > I always thought it should be simple and it is! > > Thanks for the heads up, it is handy to know. > > > Why isn't this the default set-up for mutt? > > Don't know. It could be the way people handle mail, e.g. Do you leave > all your snail mail in your letter box and just read the interesting > letters or do you bring in all your mail at once and deal with it in one > sitting, or do you ... > Either way, unless I get a particular sort of letterbox with a particularly helpful postman, I never get to *know* if there's any new mail with the equivalent of 'c' (the default) whereas I will always find new mail with 'n', even though I'll occasionally find old circulars I should have thrown away.
> If it is slower, then that might be a good reason why it is not the > default. In all honestly though, I think people may complain if it was > made the default, simply because the majority of people are only > interested in reading new mail. They are probably aware they have old > unread mail lying around but don't want to be consistently reminded all > the time. > *I'm* interested in reading new mail, 'c' doesn't find it all except with certain types of mailboxes and/or certain other specific settings. -- Chris Green
