Re: Odd behavior in mutt -y
On Fri, Jul 29, 2005, Michael Tatge wrote:
> * On Thu, Jul 28, 2005 Ken Weingold (bofh@xxxxxxx) muttered:
> > Since switching my spool folder to maildir from mbox, the folder list
> > in mutt -y will show it as having new mail, but the modification date
> > doesn't change. The directory it's in is nfs-mounted. Any way for
> > mutt to read the modification date properly?
>
> maildir does not need the mtime at all. Mail in $maildir/new is new
> done. :)
>
> So i'm not sure i understand your problem. Is there no new mail?
There is new mail, and there is an 'N' next to it in that index, but
the modification date doesn't change. It's for readability, since the
mailboxes more recently written to are at the top.
-Ken