Re: I DON'T have new mail
Thus spake A. S. Budden:
> Thus spake Charlie Allom:
> > On Mon, Nov 17, 2003 at 11:50:03AM +0000, A. S. Budden wrote:
> > >
> > > I've just installed mandrake 9.2, transferred my home directory
> > > (previously RH9) across and recompiled mutt-1.4.1i-nntp3. Since doing
> > > this, every time I change mailbox (between two that are listed as
> > > mailboxes in muttrc), mutt tells me that the one I just came out of has
> > > new mail. It hasn't.
> > >
> >
> > Just so you don't feel like this slipped into oblivion - I also have
> > this. mutt 1.5.4 and IMAP (dovecot)
> >
>
> The problem on my computer is just with local mailboxes. Also, I never
> had this problem when the computer had RH9 installed. It was built from
> the same source package as well (I didn't even redownload it).
>
Finally found the solution to this one. Thought I'd post in case anyone
else is still interested. It's to do with the way Mutt checks for new
mail. Mutt compares the access time with the modification time and if
the latter is later, there must be new mail.
Unfortunately, the default on Mandrake with ext3 is to not use atimes.
Edit /etc/fstab and remove "noatime" from the filesystem with your mail
folders on and Bob's your uncle, problem gone (after a reboot).
I'd guess there is a similar solution for Mac OS X. I _think_ there's a
compilation option that makes Mutt check for new mail a different way
too.
Hope that helps someone,
Al