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From: scs@vax3.iti.org (Steve Simmons)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.elm
Subject: Re: Behavior of ' ' considered inconsistant
Message-ID: <1150@itivax.iti.org>
Date: 11 May 89 19:48:43 GMT
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In article <1241@netxcom.UUCP> ewiles@netxcom.UUCP (Edwin Wiles) writes:
>>+  My mailbox display looks like this on startup:
>>+
>>+    N  1  May 6  Sender   Topic
>>+ -> N  2  May 5  Sender   Topic
>>+       3  May 4  Sender   Topic
>
>And I say that what elm is doing wrong is that it is NOT starting with
>it's pointer on message #1.  And that if it DID start with its pointer
>on msg #1 the problem would (Poof!) go away.  So, Why doesn't it start
>with its pointer on message # 1??????

Hey, I can answer that one!  Elm has a *feature* that causes it to
point to the oldest unread message on startup.  This feature is
controlled by the 'pointnew' setting in your elmrc file.  To disable
this, in your elmrc find the "pointnew" line and set it to "pointnew = OFF".

For the record, I really like this feature.  Of course, I'm widely
becoming known as weird.

   Steve Simmons         Just another midwestern boy
   scs@vax3.iti.org  -- or -- ...!sharkey!itivax!scs
         "Hey...you *can* get here from here!"