Subject: Re: Msg Advance in New Folder

From: Scott Leibrand <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 17 Jun 1999 15:29:46 -0700 (PDT)

On Thu, 17 Jun 1999, Morris Berman wrote:

> We are running Pine 4.05L.  
> Previously, when I would 'tab' into a new folder in my "inbox" collection,
> the cursor would be positioned at the 1st unread message.
> 
> Now, w/o intentional modification to the configuration by me, my cursor is
> set at the 1st msg in the folder instead of the 1st unread msg. 
> 
> I have searched the configuration parameters for one that looks like it
> would control this behaviour, but I can't find a suitable parameter.
> 
> What would couse this behaviour and how can I reset it?
> 
> -Mb

Here's the one I think you want:

                            OPTION: incoming-startup-rule

This value affects Pine's behavior when opening the "INBOX" or one of the
"INCOMING MESSAGE FOLDERS". By default, when the "INBOX" or another
incoming folder is first opened, the current message is set to the first
unseen message which has not been marked deleted, or the last message if
all of the messages have been seen previously.

The four possible values for this option are:

  first-unseen
      This is the default described above.

  first-recent
      Similar to the default, but rather than starting on the first unseen
      message Pine starts you on the first recent message. A message is
      recent if it arrived since the last time the folder was open. This
      value causes the current message to be set to the first recent and
      undeleted message if there is one, otherwise the last message in the
      folder.

  First
      Simply starts you on the first undeleted message in the folder. If
      all messages are deleted you start on the last message.

  Last
      Simply starts you on the last undeleted message in the folder If all
      messages are deleted you start on the last message.

Hope that helps,
-- 
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