On Sun, 20 Jul 2003, Pratik Dave wrote:

> Hi folks. I've recently received reports from several subscribers to a
> list I moderate/own that they have a problem when using pine to read
> mail on unix. Apparently, mail received from the list doesn't show up
> as "new" (i.e. It's lacking the "N" near the message number in the
> inbox). I'm completely at a loss as to what setting in the list header
> or list options could be causing this symptom. Personally I use an
> alternate mailer, and those users who use POP or IMAP to check their
> mail do not experience this problem. I've checked the manual, faqs for
> both listserv and pine, and the archives of this list to no avail.
>
> Any advice would be wonderful, thanks!

Pine uses the "Stsus:" header. Usually, this will read:

Status: OR

on read messages ('O'='old', 'R'='read'). Unread messages will usually
read:

Status: O

It's likely not LISTSERV that's causing the problem... it may be a corrupt
mailbox or some MUA that has its own "Status:" header (which none should)
that Pine cannot understand.


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