Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!know!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!swrinde!ucsd!ucbvax!IBM.COM!MAG From: MAG@IBM.COM Newsgroups: comp.soft-sys.andrew Subject: Re: CUI update command, and messages questions. Message-ID: Date: 26 Sep 90 13:40:56 GMT Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: The Internet Lines: 44 Excerpts from mail: 25-Sep-90 Re: CUI update command, and.. Nathaniel Borenstein@thu (837) > "update" only behaves that way the first time you ever read a folder -- > after the first time, it should do exactly what you said you want. The > different first-time behavior is intended to avoid obnoxiousness on > large bboards you've just started reading. You can always look at old > stuff using the "headers" command. It doesn't seem to work for me. I've tried several times after I created the folder. Anyhow, let me tell you what I am trying to do, maybe there is a better way. I am writing a script which translates MH mail to AMS. Here are the steps: - Execute cui in order to create the .AMS_* files and directory. - Move everything under (MH) Mail directory to .MESSAGES. - Using CUI create all the folders. - Reconstruct all the folders. Here is the problem. If I look at the folders via messages, it thinks all the messages are unread (e.g. folderx (Mail; 20 new of 20)), but all the messages have the check symbol next to them. I don't want the user to have to traverse these old messages in order to bring the folder header up to date (Mail;0 new of 20). Therefore, I thought I could use the following command "cui update folderx ; skip 99; next; quit" to bring the folder into sync. Is this right, or is there an easier method to translate MH to AMS? > It sounds like there is indeed a bug in naming the .CKP files for > short-file-name systems. How do I summit this bug? ( I am new to the ATK) > > I'm not sure what you mean by "stopping meessages from reading mail > automatically" when first executed, but not other times -- you'll need > to explain what you want more clearly, I think. When you first start messages, it says "Checking for new messages in ~/Mailbox" (something like that), and then it brings the new messages into your mail folder. How can I tell messages not to bring in new messages? Thanks! Marlon T.J.Watson AIX Information Center mag@ibm.com (914)784-7334