> Your Inbox folder and all subfolders have cur. It's where you can find all > the mails in that particular folder/subfolder. The two others (tmp and > new(?)) are for processing by the local mail processor (e.g.postfix). > > All incoming mails, once processed, goes to your Inbox/cur folder. > Depending on what filters/scripts are running on your mail reader/client, or > even the mail server, mails may be moved to other folders. >
tmp -> new -> (after being read) -> cur _All_ newly delivered mail which haven't been read by a mua whether processed by procmail, filters etc. goes first through 'new' (technically 'tmp' first). And then _only_ after being read by a mua via pop/imap/local will the mail message be moved to 'cur' -- Eduardo Tongson http://kerneltrap.org/blog/8210 http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x6033AC66 $ gpg --recv-keys --keyserver pgp.mit.edu 0x6033AC66 Key fingerprint : 0A86 79BA 3EC1 4B34 0D65 0E05 F9EC 98A2 6033 AC66 -- Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Official Website: http://plug.linux.org.ph Searchable Archives: http://marc.free.net.ph . To leave, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/plug . Are you a Linux newbie? To join the newbie list, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/ph-linux-newbie
