Re: Balsa 1.4.1 libmutt bug + patch

[Julian M Catchen <julian catchen org>]

Carlos,

I have done a little more poking around in the balsa source and found that 
the .mh_sequences file is used properly, with 1.4.2, if you flag a 
message, or explicitly mark it as unread using the GUI.  The problem is 
that new messages are never marked in the .mh_sequences file, whether you 
download mail using Balsa's POP functionality or using a program like 
fetchmail.  The result of this is that Balsa never sees any "new" mail. 
Everything is assumed to be read.

Asmail tries to count the number of unread messages by parsing the 
"Status:" header in each email. I have been looking how to update asmail 
to use .mh_sequences, but since Balsa never updates this file when new 
mail arrives, and other programs, like fetchmail, do not update it either, 
the result is that asmail always displays the wrong number of new mail -- 
and there is no obvious way to fix it to use .mh_sequences.

The only options I can see are 1) update Balsa and other programs like 
fetchmail to properly write .mh_sequences, or 2) have balsa write the 
"status" header when a message changes (as when it is flagged or read).

Any thoughts on how to address this problem?

Thanks,

julian

On 2002.12.14 16:24 Carlos Morgado wrote:
> On Sat, Dec 14, 2002 at 11:02:04AM -0800, Julian M Catchen wrote:
> > Hmm,
> >
> > I did see the mh_sequences stuff in the code, except all of my
> > .mh_sequences files are of 0 length. Balsa 1.4.1 does not appear to
> 
> ok, that would be a bug. in my tests .mh_sequences is used
> 
> > actually write the files.  I looked at my old mH directories and I have
> 
> > created new mH directories from within balsa, and in neither case were
> the
> > files written.  Plus applicatinos like asmail still read status headers
> 
> 
> i'll do some thourough tests
> 
> as for old apps, I'm looking for some reference as to if Status:
> is still required. It's a huge performance hit, specialy on networked fs
> 
> 
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