Re: [Evolution] Checking mbox folders

[Andrew Lombardi <andrew mysticcoders com>]

Ok, that makes sense.  Is there a quick explanation as to what Evolution
is using to check for new messages in folders?

I could always look into patching the mailcheck program that comes with
GKrellM to support that method of checking mail if I need to :).

Or is there a plan in the works to set the status flag just for backward
compatibility?  Either way I'd like to know how Evolution is doing it..
so I can stop these freaky counts on my mailcheck app :)

Thanks!

On Fri, 2001-10-05 at 15:27, NotZed wrote:
> > Btw.. I've also found that Evolution doesn't seem to set the read bit
> > correctly on mbox files .. it seems .. since the mailcheck program and
> > mutt both tell me certain messages are new when I've read them, and
> > expunged (which seems like an unnecessary next step)..
>
> It just uses a different mechanism.  The other, using the Status flag
> isn't entirely interoperable with all clients consistently, and didn't
> cover enough of what we wanted to do.  And we just didn't get around
> to putting in support for mirroring our info in various formats.
>
> Maildir mailbox format mostly doesn't have this problem though.
>
> > Anyways .. I LOVE this program .. it helps with sorting and sifting mail
> > like no other mail program I've seen ..
> >
> > And, in the Summary screen up top ... is there a definitive guide to
> > writing one of these notifications?  I'd like to see one which had the
> > local time and times around the globe of certain places that are picked
> > (that would be nice).. if its not already done, I'd be willing to throw
> > in a few nuts and bolts to get it working.  I'll take a look, but by
> > chance does anyone know where all the Summary data is kept?
>
> Umm, the code is in my-evolution/ i think, talk to iain ximian com
> for more info.
>
>  Z
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