Re: Detecting new mail in mbox format
On 25Apr2009 11:30, 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.
So I have gathered on reading the code. I wonder if I'm the only user
surprised that sync isn't followed by check-for-new-and load-them?
| It only checks
| based on $mail_check (and $timeout when being idle) and when changing
| folders. New mail detection in maildirs should be 100% reliable.
Hmm. I've just verified that it's not. I just lurked in a mail folder
that gets regular new messages. After a long time, no new messages. Open
the folder in another mutt, new messages. Back in the original, still no
new messages. mail_check=10. Bounces on '$' just to avoid idleness, if
that matters.
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