Re: Configuration for mark/unmark unread new messages as old

[Jack <ostroffjh sbcglobal net>]

On 2015.04.14 21:14, Peter Bloomfield wrote:
[snipped]
> The Status and X-Status headers are used only in the  
> LibBalsaMailboxMbox back-end, and are ignored in the others. For  
> maildir, the flags are stored differently: the file name is appended  
> with 'F', 'S', 'R', or 'T', according to \Flagged, \Seen, \Answered,  
> and \Deleted.

Well, that solves the unasked (but long thought) question of how those  
names get made up.  Now just out of curiosity, why use different  
letters?

flag           mbox  maildir
flagged           f  f
seen/read         r  s
answered/replied  a  r
deleted/?         d  t