On Mon, Aug 29, 2016 at 05:27:15PM -0400, Fred Smith wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 29, 2016 at 02:06:34PM -0500, Will Fiveash wrote:
> > On Mon, Aug 29, 2016 at 02:33:01PM -0400, Jon LaBadie wrote:
> > > The message index shows a "D" when a message has been
> > > deleted or when it has been saved.  Is there a way
> > > to distinguish which of the two operations (delete
> > > or save) has been performed?
> > 
> > I wrote a small patch (attached) to provide a '$' indication in the
> > index for messages that have been successfully saved or copied.  It
> > exists in a separate column from the deletion indicator.
> 
> So, I'm wondering... with your patch is the message actually deleted
> from the folder it was copied from, or does it stay there with a $
> flag, forever?

My patch only adds a '$' to a message in the index entry for that
message if it is saved or copied during that running mutt session.  Once
the current mailbox is synced via the '$' command if the message was
saved and marked for deletion then that index line for that email will
disappear along with the '$'.  Note that the '$' saved/copied indicator
only persists for the mutt session meaning that once that mutt session
is ended, say by quitting mutt, the current '$' saved indicators will be
gone.

Basically I use this to review the messages marked for deletion before I
sync that mailbox to make sure that the ones I want saved have been.

-- 
Will Fiveash

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