Re: Messages moved from /new to /cur

[Jon Riddle <list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Interestingly enough, Mutt does keep the N flag with that setting, but
it doesn't auto-fill the mailbox name when I change folders.  Odd?

I still don't see why OfflineIMAP should move messages from /new to
/cur, though.  Can this at least be made a ./configure or .offlineimaprc
option?  Is this even offlineIMAP that is doing this?  Honestly, I'm
assuming this only because of the changelog entry pointed out in a
previous thread, but for all I know, Binc could be moving the message.
Thoughts?

Jon

> Jon,
> 
> "set mark_old=no" in your .muttrc doesn't change anything, does it?
> 
> It sounds like you've narrowed it down pretty well to OfflineIMAP
> changing from cur/ to new/, but I thought I'd throw it out there
> anyhow.  All the messages in cur/ without the S flag show up as new
> (N) for me in Mutt.
> 
> Andrew
> 
> Jon Riddle <list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > It's not a "problem", per se - just an annoyance.  When I have new
> > messages (N) in a folder, I can hit c to change folders and Mutt fills
> > in the folder for me (saves, maybe 10 keystrokes?).  It doesn't treat
> > old messages (O) the same way.  That actually may be a Mutt preference,
> > but I haven't dug into it.  I just don't see why OfflineIMAP should
> > change the flags at all - it isn't a mail client.  It's a synchronizer.
> > Like I said, not a problem - just an annoyance :-)
> > 
> > Jon
> > 
> > 
> > > On Fri, Mar 17, 2006 at 08:19:55PM -0600, Jon Riddle wrote:
> > > > It seems that, as of 3.99.2, OfflineIMAP moves messages from /new to
> > > > /cur whenever it syncs.  The changelog entry states that this occurs
> > > > "when flags have changed on the server", but in my case, this is
> > > > happening anytime OfflineIMAP syncs my account.  Is this correct?
> > > > According to the Maildir spec (actually, the official man page),
> > > > messages are supposed to be moved to /cur when a mail client has seen
> > > > the messages, and the S flag appended when the user has read the
> > > > messages.  Is OfflineIMAP considered a mail client?  If so, can this
> > > 
> > > It's a gray area.  I don't believe it is really documented anywhere what
> > > the proper behavior should be; the Maildir spec obviously does not
> > > consider the case where the flags for a message have changed remotely.
> > > 
> > > Does it actually cause you a problem?  It seems that most mail readers
> > > don't expect files in new to have been read.
> > > 
> > > -- John
> > > 
> > 
> > 
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