Re: message status
From: Paul Stranc (pstranc@execpc.com)
Date: Thu, 16 Jan 1997 20:31:11 -0600
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> FROM: pstranc@execpc.com (Paul Stranc)
> DATE: Wed, 15 Jan 1997 20:02:38 -0600
> IN NEWSGROUP: list.yarn
> SUBJECT: Re: message status
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>
>.. Actually I think there is a bug in all Yarn versions since 0.90 that
>.. will mark all unread messages (status N) in a folder as O even if you
>.. don't actually open the message before leaving the folder and then
>.. come back later. I have actually used this to my advantage in the
>.. past, but the folder I did this with is no longer used. If I were to
>.. now leave the Yarn folder all of the unread messages remaining will
>.. show up with a status of O.
>..
>.. --
>.. Paul Stranc
>.. pstranc@execpc.com
>
>It is not a bug. "O" indicates OLD instead of "N" NEW. OLD means that
>you have opened the folder but did not read the message. It will also
>change to OLD if you start to read a message and do not finish (ie.. at
>least advance to the last line of the message onscreen).
>
> A = Answered
> R = Read
> N = New
> O = Old (not new & not read)
> D = Question Delete when exiting folder
>
>
>--
>
That's not the way it worked in versions prior to 0.90. In previous
versions you actually had to open the message onscreen for it to get the O
status. This may have changed, but I always thought that the O stood for
Opened and not completely read as opposed to Old.
--
Paul Stranc
pstranc@execpc.com