On Sun, Apr 05, 2020 at 04:43:20PM -0400, Fred Smith wrote:
> On Sun, Apr 05, 2020 at 12:45:09PM -0700, Felix Finch wrote:
>> On 20200405, Akkana Peck wrote:
>> >Is there any way to configure mutt to alert me at the top of the
>> >message if there are any text/calendar or image/* attachments
>> >anywhere in the message, even as part of a multipart/alternative?
>> >I feel like I miss a lot in mail messages because mutt doesn't tell
>> >me about attachments.
>>
>> I wonder if the number of attachments could be shown in the index?
>
> I don't know about the number, but it IS possible to show a flag
> in the index indicating the presence of one or more attachments...
>
> set index_format="%4C %Z %{%b %d} %-20.20L %?X?^&%4c? %s"
>
> OK, that last one is what sets the attachment indicator. Looks like
> it is the "^&" out near the end.
Unless I am mistaken (quite possible), that flag does not reliably
appear in the presence of text/calendar parts in a multi-part email,
unfortunately.
If I am not mistaken, then this might be a bug :/
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