On Mon, Dec 09, 2013 at 04:40:15PM -0500, Peter Davis wrote: > On Mon, Dec 09, 2013 at 08:08:05PM +0100, Suvayu Ali wrote: > > On Mon, Dec 09, 2013 at 01:47:41PM -0500, Peter Davis wrote: > > > Am I missing something? Is it more useful for non-IMAP use? > > > > I use it as a visual clue to which folders have new mail. I find it > > more useful when I use it with mutt-kz (a mutt fork with notmuch > > support); there you can have (search based) virtual folders. > > Thanks, Suvayu. Perhaps I have something configured incorrectly, but > the sidebar doesn't seem to update as often as it should. I see > several mailboxes highlighted at the same time. It shows a number in > square brackets which I assumed was an unread message count, but it > doesn't change after I read the messages. > > Also, it doesn't auto-scroll when you open a mailbox that's > off-screen, which is fairly confusing.
The number in the square brackets are flagged messages. I believe there is variable you can customise to set that, can't find it at the moment. I have the following in my sidebar: folder <total>(<unread>)[<flagged>] Hope this helps, -- Suvayu Open source is the future. It sets us free.
