> It seems that this problem occurs with IMAP mailboxes. Since I use
> the gkrellm builtin mailcheck for local mailboxes as well as IMAP
> mailboxes I see that there is a difference. On local mailboxes it
> differentiates between really new mails and mails I haven't read, but
> already visited my mailbox (when reading mails with mutt, it
> distinguishes between New (~N) and Old (~O) mail.
> That doesn't happen with my IMAP mailboxes. All old mails are treated
> like new mails. This can't be a problem with the IMAP protocol, since
> mutt still distinguishes between old and new mail in those mailboxes.
Mutt uses the RECENT flag but gkrellm can't because that flag is
altered simply by accessing the mailbox (ie the information state is
destroyed). Mutt can do this because it is the reader and it is OK for
mail to transition from RECENT to old after mutt accesses the
mailbox... it's actually the point. But gkrellm is just trying to check
state and is not a mail reader so should not do anything that alters
mailbox state. So getting this level of new/old mail information is
something gkrellm can't do.
For info for example, see:
http://www.rogerbinns.com/isbg/
http://blog.gmane.org/gmane.mail.mutt.devel/day=20030509
Bill
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