Subject: [Q] Mark a read mail unread (new)

From: support <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 20 Mar 1996 19:11:51 -0500

I have been using standard unix 'mail' for a long time. At times I would just
see the listing and read the mail and quit using 'x'. The mails would not be
marked read.

Is it possible in pine to read the mail and still have 'N' next to the message?
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From: Mike Brudenell <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 21 Mar 1996 10:39:33 +0000 (GMT)

Reading a message within Pine automatically changes its "N" flag to space 
(ie, read).  When you quit out of Pine these changes are _always_ written 
to your mailbox; there is no "x" command equivalent to exit without updating.

You can achieve what you want in either of two ways:

1)  Change the flag back to "N" after reading the message.

To do this you must first enable the "flag" command; from Pine's main 
menu go to the Setup Configuration screen (S then C) and look down the 
list for the "enable-flag-cmd" feature.  Make sure this is enabled.

Return to your message then use the flag command to set the status flag 
back to "N":  * N

Voila!

2)  Open your INBOX read-only.  This prevents _anything_ from being 
changed (ie, status flags ... also prevents you deleting messages though!)

Do this by starting Pine with the "-o" command line option.  Thus to go 
straight into the INBOX's index screen but in read-only mode the command 
would be:

	pine -oi

Cheers,

Mike Brudenell                                         <[email-masked]>
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From: [email-masked] (DearOldDad)
Date: 22 Mar 1996 06:31:49 GMT

support ([email-masked]) wrote:
: Is it possible in pine to read the mail and still have 'N' next to the message?

Yup, * (shift + 8) then n  ... now, why do ya want to do this ... who's 
mail are you reading?? ... only a thought ... G'Day

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From: Mike Brudenell <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 27 Mar 1996 10:13:32 +0000 (GMT)

The following is indeed true, but you may also need to enable the "*"
command first of all ... it is not available by default.

Go to the Main Menu, then type S followed by C to get to the Setup
Configuration screen.  Look down the list for "enable-flag-command" (or
similar, I forget the exact name) and check it.

Cheers,