[tpop3d-discuss]MailDir & status/info tag woes (latest cvs, solaris 9 sparc)

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On Wed, 31 Mar 2004, Chris Lightfoot wrote:

> For the moment, this patch will solve both problems:
>
> diff -u -r1.24 maildir.c
> --- maildir.c   3 Feb 2004 19:52:03 -0000       1.24
> +++ maildir.c   31 Mar 2004 22:10:44 -0000
> @@ -396,15 +396,6 @@
>              if (unlink(m->filename) == -1)
>                  log_print(LOG_ERR, "maildir_apply_changes: unlink(%s): %m", m->filename);
>                  /* Warn but proceed anyway. */
> -        } else {
> -            /* Mark message read. */
> -            if (strncmp(m->filename, "new/", 4) == 0) {
> -                char *cur;
> -                cur = xmalloc(strlen(m->filename) + 5);
> -                sprintf(cur, "cur/%s:2,S", m->filename + 4); /* Set seen flag */
> -                rename(m->filename, cur);    /* doesn't matter if it can't */
> -                xfree(cur);
> -            }
>          }
>      }
>
>
> I'll make this more configurable in the next version.

Hello Chris,

This seems to solve the problems but introduce another. Now, any message
that is retrieved is left in new/, never moved to cur/. Happens with and
without the presence of an empty info tag. Is another check in order?

Thanks for the swift response,

    -J