Subject: problems with pine 4.04 and mh folders

From: Michael Stolz <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 25 Sep 1998 13:53:31 -0500 (CDT)

I have moved from pine v3.95 to v4.04, and am suddenly having problems with
the way pine is handling my #mh folders.  I have 2 problems, one is an 
annoyance, while the other is a killer.  The problem is identical on all 7
OS 'flavors' that we currently run, and so must be a 'pine' problem.

The minor problem is in the 'FOLDER LIST' display:

In v3.95, I was shown all the folders names in a single column, and no
'directories' were displayed, as follows:
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Folder-collection <local Mail>  ** Default for Saves **                  (Local)
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
sent-mail
helpdesk
products
remedy
uas

In v4.04, I see not only the folder names, but also the 'directories' where
the messages are stored, as follows:

                              Local folders in #mh/
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
sent-mail           sent-mail/          inbox/              helpdesk
helpdesk/           products            products/           remedy
remedy/             uas                 uas/

The major problem may be related, and is also in the 'FOLDER LIST' display:

In v3.95, I have no problem using 'A' to add a folder name to my mh folder
collection.

In v4.04, when I try to add a new mh folder (or a new mh 'directory', I get 
the following errors:

Folder name to add : xxx
^G Help     ^X Create Directory
^C Cancel  Ret Accept

	 [Can't create #mh/xxx: invalid name]

Directory name to add : xxx
^G Help      ^X Create Folder
^C Cancel   Ret Accept

	[Can't create #mh/xxx/: invalid name]

Do I need to change something I do in my configuration, or is this a problem
with the new pine code?

Mike Stolz (Unix Application Support Group, Fermi Nat'l Accelerator Lab)
- ([email-masked])  - 9/25/98

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From: "Aaron S. Hawley" <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 27 Sep 1998 23:16:09 -0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)

I think I found some things you should look at to fix the handling of your
folders in the new version.

folder-sort-rule         =
            Set    Rule Values
            ---  ----------------------
            (*)  alphabetical
            ( )  alpha-with-dirs-last
            ( )  alpha-with-dirs-first

[ ]  single-column-folder-list

good luck
aaron