On Wed, May 28, 2008 at 01:19:36AM +0100, Jamie Griffin wrote: > On Wed, May 28, 2008 at 10:04:33AM +1000, Greg Darke wrote: > Hi Greg > > I believe it is. Not certain how to confirm that, but as far as i > know, the following entry in /etc/fstab indicates it is. Please advise > me if i've got that wrong. > > # less /etc/fstab | grep noatime > UUID=38654850-42dc-4249-ab76-81f753ec270c / ext3 > defaults,noatime,errors=remount-ro 0 1 > > > If that's the culprit, how do i safely correct it? > > One final query: this didn't happen with 1.5.17. > > Thanks for your response though. > -- > > Jamie > > key 3AD8F62B Hi Jamie, That line is most likely be causing your problem. The 'noatime' option causes your system to not store the last time a file was read (the access time). This is used by mutt to determine if the file has been modified since the last time it had been read. There are two things you can try to solve this problem. You can try setting the mutt option 'check_mbox_size' to yes, or you can change the line in fstab from 'noatime' to 'relatime'. -- Greg Darke
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