Re: [Evolution] Show number of messages contained in mail folders?

["Patrick M. Kelecy" <pkelecy insightbb com>]

On Fri, 2007-06-01 at 14:55 +0100, Pete Biggs wrote:
> On Fri, 2007-06-01 at 09:39 -0400, Patrick M. Kelecy wrote:
> > I've noticed that some of the mail folders, such as Inbox and Sent, show
> > the number of messages they contain (in parentheses next to it) while
> > others don't. 
> 
> Those numbers are the number of new messages, not the number of messages
> in the folder.
> 
> >  Is there a way to get the ones that don't to show this as
> > well?  I would like to see the number of messages contained in Trash and
> > Junk, if possible.
> 
> Trash & Junk aren't real folders, they're virtual folders that just
> contain pointers to all the mails marked as deleted or spam
> respectively.  
> 
> P.

Thanks the explanations.  I didn't realize Trash and Junk were virtual
folders.  It's not obvious to me why they need to be, but I suppose
Novell as some good reason for it.  It's not a major issue though, and I
can make do.

Thanks again. -Pat