Puzzled...

[Chris Game]

I'm puzzled, what does 'R' signify in the status column in the index
page, alpine 2. ?

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Chris Game

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[Erik Quaeghebeur]

On Sun, 7 Sep 2008, Chris Game wrote:
>
> I'm puzzled, what does 'R' signify in the status column in the index
> page, alpine 2. ?

From the on-line help about the Index Format line (can be reached via
M S C W 'index format' ?):

IMAPSTATUS

This token represents an even less abbreviated alternative to the
"STATUS" token. It differs from "FULLSTATUS" in only the fourth
character, which is an 'N' if the message is new to this folder since the
last time it was opened and it has not been viewed, an 'R' (Recent) if the
message is new to the folder and has been viewed, a 'U' (Unseen) if the
message is not new to the folder since it was last opened but has not been
viewed, or a blank if the message has been in the folder since it was last
opened and has been viewed.

If you are using a threaded view of the index and this message is at
the top of a collapsed portion of a thread, then the fourth character will
be 'N' if all of the messages in the thread are unseen and recent; else
'n' if some of the messages in the thread are unseen and recent; else 'U'
if all of the messages in the thread are unseen and not recent; else 'u'
if some of the messages in the thread are unseen and not recent; else 'R'
if all of the messages in the thread are seen and recent; else 'r' if some
of the messages in the thread are seen and recent; else blank.

SHORTIMAPSTATUS

This is the same as the last four of the six characters of
IMAPSTATUS, so the '+' To Me information will be missing.

Erik

[Chris Game]

On Thu, 11 Sep 2008 22:19:27 +0200, Erik Quaeghebeur wrote:

> On Sun, 7 Sep 2008, Chris Game wrote:
>>
>> I'm puzzled, what does 'R' signify in the status column in the index
>> page, alpine 2. ?
>
> From the on-line help about the Index Format line (can be reached
> via M S C W 'index format' ?):

[snip]

Thanks for the reply, Eric, although that information is rather
buried - I had to go to the next level by clicking on 'status' in
that help screen. Even then it's in the middle of a huge page!

Thanks again.
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Chris Game

"Deleted code has fewer bugs." -- Xibo