Re: Mark all as read? (nnimap?)

[David Abrahams <dave@boost-consulting.com>]

David Z Maze <dmaze@MIT.EDU> writes:

> David Abrahams <dave@boost-consulting.com> writes:
>
>> Can someone please explain the differences between 
>>
>> 1) `c' in the summary buffer
>> 2) `Z C' in the summary buffer
>
> 'C-h c' and 'C-h Z C' are informative: 'c' marks all unread messages
> as read, 'Z C' marks all messages (read, unread, ticked, whatever) as
> read.
>
>> 3) `C' in the group buffer
>>
>> I really expected 2 and 3 to be equivalent, but #2 actually makes no
>> change in the number of articles marked unread in the group buffer.
>
> I'd kind of expect (2) and (3) to be the same as well.  You can also
> run 'c' from the group buffer, which has the same effect as running it
> from the summary buffer.  I don't think I've ever actually used the
> capital-C variants.

Another data point: in the group buffer, it's very common for me to do
`c' on an nnimap group, and see the number of unread messages go to
zero, as one would expect.  But if I follow that with `g', the
number of unread messages returns to the old value.  That's why I tend
to use the big `C' hammer.  The whole experience is really flaky.

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Dave Abrahams
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