Thank's a lot, Brian, it works fine.

I can patch the Desktop.pm0 so pmail starts with desiered folder, so far.

I figuered out the needed paramerters and places/length for the fillename in Desktop.pm0, 

but does anyone knows the whole correctly parameters / struktur of the file desktop.pm0?

Dear fellows,

is there any chance to open  at starttime an other folder then the "new mail"-folder?

May be there is a hidden parameter or a patch of one of the configuration files?

Thanks a lot, I appreciate your help very much

As far as I know - no way changing the folder selected on startup.

bye

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As far as I know - no way changing the folder selected on startup.

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Thanks. I've tried a lot, but I couldn't find any either.

Dose any one knows an email client or viewer who can do this?

I would like to start the  client with a parameter which describes the folder should be opend at starttime

Pegasus Mail has a folder List mode and Preview mode.  Preview mode eliminates the need to manually open each message but reduces folder window flexibility.  List mode provides folder window flexibility but at the cost of having to open each message.  List mode may accomplish what you want because it allows Pegasus to be configured to startup with multiple folder windows open. 

You would need to enable the "Save the Pegasus Mail desktop state between sessions"

option and the "Always save the last window size and position used" open.  Arrange the windows on the Pegasus Mail desktop to your liking and Pegasus will start up with that same configuration each time.  You can also disable the "Automatically open the new mail folder at startup" option if you don't want the new mail folder opening.