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Re: Detecting new mail in mbox format



Hi,

* Grant Edwards wrote:
> On 2009-04-26, Wolf Wiegand <wolf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> > I am using this to check for new mail on an IMAP server:
> >
> >  bind index G imap-fetch-mail
> >  bind pager G imap-fetch-mail

> Does it check the current folder, or the "inbox"?  I don't seem
> to be able to find imap-fetch-mail in the manual:

It checks the currently opened folder only.

> Is it documented somewhere?

No, not really, except in development version's manual's reference section.
The description reads: "force retrieval of mail from IMAP server" which is
even not optimal.

Rocco