Re: I DON'T have new mail
On Thu, Jan 22, 2004 at 11:51:00AM +1300, Bryan Muir wrote:
> >
> > Finally found the solution to this one. Thought I'd post in case anyone
> > else is still interested. It's to do with the way Mutt checks for new
> > mail. Mutt compares the access time with the modification time and if
> > the latter is later, there must be new mail.
> >
> > Unfortunately, the default on Mandrake with ext3 is to not use atimes.
> > Edit /etc/fstab and remove "noatime" from the filesystem with your mail
> > folders on and Bob's your uncle, problem gone (after a reboot).
> >
> > I'd guess there is a similar solution for Mac OS X. I _think_ there's a
> > compilation option that makes Mutt check for new mail a different way
> > too.
> >
> > Hope that helps someone,
> >
> > Al
>
> would that likely be:
>
> --enable-buffy-size Use file size attribute instead of access time
>
...and swerving off topic, but does anyone know if you can create a file
that ./configure will read in when you run it to help keep track of
past ./configure options?
--
bryan