Peter -- ...and then Peter Bailey said... % % I have been using mutt on an ssh connection, and all too frequently % the connection is terminated before mutt. Ugh! You might try using screen; one of the most handy things about it is that it can keep everything running for you to reconnect later. Or is it just an ssh_keepalive thing, which you might fix by tweaking? % % I'm not sure what signal mutt gets, but it quits without writing the % mailfile. Makes sense. % % A few options: % % Is there any way to autoupdate/write the mail spool to disk % at a regular interval? Not to my knowledge. You should get in the habit of pressing '$' to sync your messages :-) % % Is there a signal that will make mutt write to disk like an exit does? Note that mutt DOES NOT write on an exit. Did you mean quit or really exit? % % On that note, is there a way to specify that mutt should write on a % specific signal, like the one that it's getting from sshd when my % connection dies? I don't think so... % % I've gone through the mail archives and man pages to find nothing at % all about this and it's making me wonder just how completely obvious % the answer is. I don't think you're missing anything; there is no "auto-save" feature in mutt AFAIK (and I'm glad there isn't!). HTH & HAND & Good Luck & Happy Holidays :-D -- David T-G * There is too much animal courage in (play) davidtg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx * society and not sufficient moral courage. (work) davidtgwork@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx -- Mary Baker Eddy, "Science and Health" http://justpickone.org/davidtg/ Shpx gur Pbzzhavpngvbaf Qrprapl Npg!
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