Re: [Nmh-workers] Starting the final call for features for 1.7

[Ken Hornstein]

>I'd like to be able to distinguish between seen and unseen messages without
>requiring the MDA to update the .mh_sequence file.  If the sequence was a list
>of messages that were read rather than unread then only the interactive
>mh commands would need to muck with it thereby avoiding a need for the MDA
>to lock the .mh_sequence file.

I think in practice too much code depends right now on the current sematics
of the unseen sequence.

Also, what's the big deal with locking the sequence file, anyway?  I think
we've got that all straightened out.

--Ken