GNU bug report logs - #2022
23.0.60; Rmail buffer marked modified after saving it

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>

Date: Sat, 24 Jan 2009 14:30:02 UTC

Severity: minor

Done: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 2022 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#2022: 23.0.60; Rmail buffer marked modified after saving it
Date: Sun, 25 Jan 2009 00:57:04 -0500

Eli Zaretskii wrote:

> Emacs does not elsewhere consider seeing a file as its modification.
> Why should Rmail be different?

Because seeing a file (for the first time) modifies the
X-RMAIL-ATTRIBUTES: header, which is stored in the file.

I guess that if you just use rmail to visit a folder which has an
unseen mail, it will be marked modified in exactly the same way.
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