Re: not detecting new mail in MailDir format?
On 26Apr2009 10:11, Rocco Rutte <pdmef@xxxxxxx> wrote:
| * Cameron Simpson wrote:
| > | 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.
| >
| > This was a folder that was empty, then got new stuff. No possibility of
| > being confused by sort orders etc in this case.
|
| Strange. This works for me like a charm and has always worked. As soon
| as I'm in a mailbox that gets new mail due to me fetching it, mutt
| nearly immediately displays it and resorts the index every $timeout
| seconds (since for me $timeout is lower than $mail_check).
|
| What's your value of $timeout?
I hadn't set it, so I presume it is 600 seconds. And quite frankly that
may be longer enough for me to never notice new mail. I've just set it
to 5, and will try the experiment again.
Any downsides to low timeout values? Interruption race conditions or
other issues?
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