On Thu, Apr 01, 1999 at 07:19:42PM -0500, Lenny Mastrototaro wrote:
> > The thing is how do I find out if the mail has been checked / read!
> > I don't want to modify all possible MUAs. In fact, the MUAs already all
> > scan new/ for a fact. So taking the atime of new/ is the natural way.
> > I just want to make sure no additional programs ruin the atime of new/
>
> how are you going to stop a user from `innocently' updating the
> atime of new/ with the following command?
>
> ls ~/Maildir/new
I think your thinking on this is a little exaggerated. Doing the above
listing is analogous to scanning (with "frm" or other appropriate tool)
a mbox file for all messages that do not have a "Status:" header field.
Obviously, doing such a scan would update the atime of the mbox file, as
does your listing.
I think the idea of checking the atime of new/ is a good idea and seems
like the perfect analog of checking the atime of the mbox file.
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