Re: Detecting new mail in mbox format
Grant Edwards <grante@xxxxxxxx> writes:
> On 2009-04-25, Nicolas KOWALSKI <niko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Grant Edwards <grante@xxxxxxxx> writes:
>>
>>> 2) I just tried it, and it does nothing. It's bound to '.'.
>>> When I hit '.' absolutely nothing happens. No IMAP commands
>>> are sent to server to check either the current folder or
>>> the folders in the "mailboxes" list.
>>
>> What are your settings for mail_check and timeout?
>
> mail_check is 90
> timeout is 15
>
>> In my case (with a dovecot Imap server), I am using:
>>
>> set mail_check=30
>> set timeout=60
>>
>> It works well.
>
> "It" being hitting the '.' key to check for new mail in the
> current folder?
Yes, both '$' and '.' work.
--
Nicolas