Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!usc!cs.utexas.edu!bcm!convex!mullins From: mullins@convex.com (Don Mullins) Newsgroups: comp.mail.elm Subject: Re: Making the opening screen contain new mail Message-ID: Date: 4 Apr 91 18:07:44 GMT References: <6180@pta.oz.au> Sender: news@convex.com (news access account) Organization: Convex Computer Corporation, Richardson, Tx. Lines: 27 Nntp-Posting-Host: starman.convex.com In <6180@pta.oz.au> bgg@pta.oz.au (Ben Golding) writes: >One of my users has asked whether it's possible to make Elm display >newly incorporated mail on the initial subject display when Elm starts >up. At present, the initial subject display starts from the first >message in the user's folder. My user has to step through many screens >of pending messages to find his new mail and he doesn't like that. >I've read through the manual thoroughly and I haven't found any options >that relate to this. Have I missed something or will I just tell my >user "that's how it works"? > Ben. Ben, Sounds like you want to turn on pointnew in your elmrc. This is not on the options menu, but is a variable. This will make elm point to the fisrt new message at startup, if there is one. It works only on the users incoming mailbox. It also works on a resync ($) command, if you keep an elm running all the time, like I do. Don -- Don Mullins Convex Computer Corporation Richardson, Texas USA INTERNET: mullins@convex.COM -- UUCP: {uiucuxc, uunet, sun, ...}!convex!mullins