Re: Strange New mail problem
On (02:06 10/04/08), Dave Wood <dave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> put forth the proposition:
> I have just imported all my mutt settings from my PC to my laptop.
>
> Now a strange thing occurs:
>
> I have new mail marked N
> I go into mbox and read mail
> I leave mbox - N is gone
> I look into another mbox briefly and return to browser
> N appears again for new mail
>
> This also happens if for example I close mutt after reading mail, and then
> restart it. Nothing I do will rid me of the N.
>
> I've tried deleting the mbox and creating one from within mutt, and also
> using touch to create and empty mbox.
>
> I've checked the permissions on mboxes so they are rw'able.
>
> Any ideas what I can check next?
Solved:
Well it seemed to be down to mounting fs with noatime
>
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