Subject: Problem with "new message" indicator

From: Ed Suda <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 18 Dec 1997 10:10:56 -0800 (PST)

I am using Pine 3.95.  It is the precompiled Linux version that
comes with Red Hat.  The "new message" indicator (that is, the
"N" that appears next to ostensibly unread e-mail messages when
viewing the index) does not work properly.  More than 50% of the
time, the "N" appears regardless of whether the message has in
fact been read.

This is quite irritating.  Other than that, I have no complaints
about Pine.  Excellent program.  What could be wrong?

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From: "Adam H. Kerman" <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 18 Dec 1997 14:25:55 -0600 (CST)

>From: Ed Suda <[email-masked]>
>Date: Thu, 18 Dec 1997 10:10:56 -0800 (PST)

>I am using Pine 3.95.  It is the precompiled Linux version that comes with Red
>Hat.  The "new message" indicator (that is, the "N" that appears next to
>ostensibly unread e-mail messages when viewing the index) does not work
>properly.  More than 50% of the time, the "N" appears regardless of whether
>the message has in fact been read.

My system just installed a new Red Hat Linux, and 3.96 was precompiled. The
last Red Hat had 3.95 precompiled (the buggy version!), but I didn't experience
that problem.

btw, the new message indicator is a change to the Status header from O (new
message) to RO (read message). I don't know what the O indicates. The other
flags (deleted, important, answered) are set on the X-Status header.

What are the permissions on your /tmp?