[Pkg-mutt-maintainers] Bug#673374: mutt: new mail falsely reported, chronically

[Antonio Radici]

tag 673374 +moreinfo
thanks

On Fri, May 18, 2012 at 09:15:51AM +0200, anonymous coward wrote:
> Package: mutt
> Version: 1.5.20-9+squeeze2
> Severity: normal
> 
> 
> This version of mutt now reports new mail on mbox files where mail was
> already read.  The "N" marker is cleared upon opening a file and
> returning to the pager, but the marker does not stick.  Entering
> another file marked with NEW messages immediately causes the
> previously read file to flip back to having an "N" marker.
> 
> Like a game of whack-a-mole, visiting the file that was just marked as
> having new mail causes the previous file to falsely be marked with an
> "N", and the cycle repeats.
> 
> This is a new defect, noticed after having migrated from etch to
> squeeze.

Hi there!
is it still the case? we believe this is probably fixed in 1.6.2, or at least
you should not see it in the jessie version, if not please let us know more
details, like if you are using IMAP, which mailbox type you have and so on.

If you could also provide an example mailbox where this problem is reproducible
it will be great.

As this is a very old bug I'll tag it as moreinfo for a week, if there are no
updates I'll close it but you are always free to reopen it after the fact.