Re: New mail not found - what to check?
On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 04:18:40PM +0100, Peter Münster wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 19 2008, Chris G wrote:
>
> > Well something funny is going on, the mail *should* be seen as new
> > shouldn't it? :-
> >
> > chris$ ls -lc --full-time
> > total 16
> > -rw-r--r-- 1 chris chris 4818 2008-12-19 13:04:01.000000000 +0000
> > freewant
> > -rw-r--r-- 1 chris chris 7234 2008-12-19 13:04:50.000000000 +0000 ixion
> > chris$ ls -lu --full-time
> > total 20
> > -rw-r--r-- 1 chris chris 4818 2008-12-19 13:04:01.000000000 +0000
> > freewant
> > -rw-r--r-- 1 chris chris 7234 2008-12-19 13:04:50.000000000 +0000 ixion
>
> Hello Chris,
>
> I don't think so. It should be seen as new, if access time is earlier than
> modification time, but in your case it's the same time.
>
... but that's what new mail looks like when the mailboxes previously
weren't there. Are you saying that mutt will only see new mail if the
file existed beforehand?
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Chris Green