diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 7e1bd0f..817a931 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -19,8 +19,11 @@ checksum = "23b62fc65de8e4e7f52534fb52b0f3ed04746ae267519eef2a83941e8085068b"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "ascii_table"
-version = "3.0.2"
-source = "git+https://gitlab.com/arnekeller/ascii-table.git?branch=master#7fffb5d93b8c63283fc1359ee3c6dbfcf12ed90b"
+version = "4.0.0-alpha"
+source = "git+https://gitlab.com/arnekeller/ascii-table.git?branch=master#2d485d6b3408ed8ef2629b6be14189a312d8c60c"
+dependencies = [
+ "unicode-width",
+]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "autocfg"
@@ -472,14 +475,21 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "time"
-version = "0.1.43"
+version = "0.1.44"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "ca8a50ef2360fbd1eeb0ecd46795a87a19024eb4b53c5dc916ca1fd95fe62438"
+checksum = "6db9e6914ab8b1ae1c260a4ae7a49b6c5611b40328a735b21862567685e73255"
 dependencies = [
  "libc",
+ "wasi",
  "winapi",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "unicode-width"
+version = "0.1.8"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "9337591893a19b88d8d87f2cec1e73fad5cdfd10e5a6f349f498ad6ea2ffb1e3"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "unicode-xid"
 version = "0.2.1"
@@ -498,6 +508,12 @@ version = "0.9.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "5fecdca9a5291cc2b8dcf7dc02453fee791a280f3743cb0905f8822ae463b3fe"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "wasi"
+version = "0.10.0+wasi-snapshot-preview1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "1a143597ca7c7793eff794def352d41792a93c481eb1042423ff7ff72ba2c31f"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "wasm-bindgen"
 version = "0.2.72"
diff --git a/src/bin/new.rs b/src/bin/new.rs
index 386de64..dadf14f 100644
--- a/src/bin/new.rs
+++ b/src/bin/new.rs
@@ -12,11 +12,12 @@ fn show_listing(mailbox: &str) -> Result<()> {
 	let maildir = get_maildir(mailbox)?;
 
 	let mut rows = Vec::new();
-	for mut mail in maildir.list_new_sorted(Box::new(|name| {
+	let mut seen = Vec::new();
+	for mut maile in maildir.list_new_sorted(Box::new(|name| {
 		// sort by UID
 		name.splitn(2, '_').nth(1).map(|x| x.parse().unwrap_or(0)).unwrap_or(0)
 	})) {
-		match mail.as_mut().map(|x| x.parsed()) {
+		match maile.as_mut().map(|x| x.parsed()) {
 		    Ok(Ok(mail)) => {
 				let headers = mail.get_headers();
 				let from = headers.get_all_values("From").join(" ");
@@ -27,6 +28,7 @@ fn show_listing(mailbox: &str) -> Result<()> {
 					dt.format("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M").to_string()
 				}).unwrap_or(date);
 				rows.push(vec![from, subj, date]);
+				seen.push(maile.as_ref().unwrap().id().to_owned());
 			}
 		    Ok(Err(e)) => {
 				println!("error parsing mail: {:?}", e);
@@ -51,7 +53,12 @@ fn show_listing(mailbox: &str) -> Result<()> {
 			column.max_width = usize::MAX;
             ascii_table.columns.insert(i, column);
     }
-    ascii_table.print(rows);
+    ascii_table.print(rows); // prints a 0 if empty :)
+
+	// only after the user saw the new mail, move it out of 'new'
+	for seen in seen {
+		maildir.move_new_to_cur(&seen)?;
+	}
 
 	Ok(())
 }