* George <d1945@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> [23-07-2004 11:11]: > Ran mutt, exited mutt, fixed the terminal issues, ran mutt again and > selected 'G' to fetch my mail. Mutt starts downloading, creates a new > 3MB 'inbox' file but tells me I have zero messages. So I repeat the > process hoping for a different outcome, but everything's the same, > except now I have a 6MB 'inbox' file that mutt still isn't reading. I don't use mutt's POP support, so I don't recognize this behavior. > As an alternative, I try 'c' and 'pop://pop.myisp.net' directly and > voila, mutt downloads (?) my headers and life seems good. I can copy > messages using 'C' to an alternate temp mbox and read those messages > without a problem, but if I try changing back to my inbox, mutt > reports zero messages again. But the messages are in the inbox file / folder? Or is it empty when viewed with an other viewer too? See $move. > I'm missing something really obvious here, but for the moment it's not > obvious enough. What I'd like to know, apart from why mutt isn't > reading my inbox, is: > > 1. If I pop my email account directly, am I supposed to be manually > saving or moving those messages? You're not supposed to do anything :) What is it that you want? > 2. Should I ignore all this and just go ahead and set up fetchmail, > procmail, etc. and stop asking questions? (I'm using Cygwin, so > have some pity.) Don't know about Cygwin, but in "normal" Linux, this may bring you more benefits than using Mutt's internal POP support.. > 3. What took me so long to try mutt? I have no idea. -- René Clerc - (rene@xxxxxxxx) - PGP: 0x9ACE0AC7 Like a blind man in an orgy, I was going to have to feel my way through. -Frank Drebin, "Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult"
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