Re: Detecting new mail in mbox format
On 2009-04-25, Rocco Rutte <pdmef@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> * Cameron Simpson wrote:
>
>> I find mutt doesn't notice new email in maildirs when I press
>> '$'. Is there a common misconfiguration I might have?
>
> '$' usually means to write changes of a mailbox out to disk.
> Mutt doesn't even attempt to check for mail in that situation.
> It only checks based on $mail_check (and $timeout when being
> idle) and when changing folders. New mail detection in
> maildirs should be 100% reliable.
I too expected "$" to check for new mail in the current folder,
but quickly realized it doesn't. I've often wished there was a
simple way to check for new mail. I usually just "change
folders" to the current folder to get mutt to check for new
mail. It's a bit clumsy, but it works.
--
Grant