Re: folder list and unreads

From	D <nospam@example.net>
Newsgroups	comp.mail.pine
Subject	Re: folder list and unreads
Date	2024-08-22 09:50 +0200
Organization	i2pn2 (i2pn.org)
Message-ID	<9130d39a-28b1-87e5-3990-27cd5d1ec735@example.net> (permalink)
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On Thu, 22 Aug 2024, Daniel wrote:

> D <nospam@example.net> writes:
>
>> On Tue, 20 Aug 2024, Daniel wrote:
>>
>>> Is there a way to have alpine setup to update all folders every certain
>>> number of minutes and display the number of unreads on the list of
>>> folders?
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>> Daniel
>>>
>>
>> Hello Daniel,
>>
>> To the best of my knowledge, this is only possible with incoming
>> folders. I've had the same question myself and haven't found a way
>> inherent to alpine.
>>
>> If you use maildir folders, it is very easy to have a look at the
>> files in your maildir folder to determine which ones are new. From
>> there you could send notifications, mails etc. about new mail
>> status. But in order to get it in the folder view, you probably have
>> to rewrite some code in alpine.
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Daniel
>
> I thought so daniel, thanks.
>
> Seeme like too much work. I sort of like Alpine the way it works and...
>
> Well, that's all.
>
> D
>

I agree with you. I'm very happy to get all the alpine functionality in 
one package and the help files are quite good as well.

Of course there are things that I miss, and some thing which are a bit 
clunky, but overall, the combination of ease of use, with power features 
strikes a good balance for me, compared with the other main competitor 
mutt (or neomutt).

But... the source is there, so I console myself with the thought, that 
_if_ a feature is important enough, in theory, I could always write it 
myself. ;)

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folder list and unreads Daniel <me@sc1f1dan.com> - 2024-08-20 23:28 +0100
  Re: folder list and unreads D <nospam@example.net> - 2024-08-21 09:08 +0200
    Re: folder list and unreads Daniel <me@sc1f1dan.com> - 2024-08-22 08:36 +0100
      Re: folder list and unreads D <nospam@example.net> - 2024-08-22 09:50 +0200

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