Subject: Incoming message folders

From: [email-masked] (Ken Arromdee)
Date: 15 Oct 1995 19:01:39 -0400

(In Pine 3.91)

Pine claims, in the help files, that the TAB key on the folder index screen
may be used to scan the folders for recent messages.  Unfortunately, it seems
to think that if I look at a folder's index, the folder's messages are no
longer recent, even if I didn't actually try to read any of the messages.
Is there any way to change this behavior so that it checks for messages that
I have never read rather than messages I have never seen indexed?
--
Ken Arromdee ([email-masked], [email-masked];
    http://www.cs.jhu.edu/~arromdee)

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From: Mike Brudenell <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 16 Oct 1995 14:02:52 +0100 (BST)

I use this feature regularly, and it works as documented: it jumps 
through to the next new (unread) message.  That is, the next message 
shown with an "N" status at the start of its line in the index listing.

This can also be useful within newsgroups, especially as it offers to 
continue the scan through the next subscribed newsgroup if no more New 
(recent) articles are found in the current newsgroup.

Why it isn't working for you I'm not sure... check that the index screen 
is indeed showing the messages with an "N" status.

Mike Brudenell                                         <[email-masked]>
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From: Terry Gray <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 16 Oct 1995 10:25:44 -0700 (PDT)

I think I can clarify the problem:

 *Within* a folder, TAB stops at the next msg marked with an "N" or "*".
 Going *between* incoming folders, TAB only stops if there is a RECENT
 message in the incoming folder being tested.  At the moment there is
 no way to cause TABbing to the next folder to stop if there are unread,
 but no longer recent, messages.

-teg

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From: Brad <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 17 Oct 1995 11:25:32 +0100

I agree that this would be a better system. ... For me. :) Maybe
there could be an option for it in the config screen? 

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On 15 Oct 1995, Ken Arromdee wrote:

> Is there any way to change this behavior so that it checks for messages
> that I have never read rather than messages I have never seen indexed?