Restore Atime weirdness

[Vincent Beffara]

SS> One question: Does ANYONE actually use it and what is the purpose
SS> :-)? I understand what it does, but not why someone would be needing
SS> it...

>From the Mutt manual:

# As written in manual.txt, the flags are determined by comparing the
# timestamps of last access and modification. This can get messed up if
# the folders are "touched" by other programs than mutt, like "biff" or
# backup software.

So restoreatime is intended to preserve the distinction between the
states "there are unread messages" and "there are NEW unread
messages". Whether it makes sense to have such a distinction is left as
an exercise ...

   /v

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