New mail doesn't show up till I send mail
This my be entirely superstitious learning, but it seems like strange
behavior.
I'm new to Mac OS X. Have used Mutt on Linux for quite a few years.
I copied my .procmailrc, my .fetchmailrc, and my .muttrc pretty much intact
from my old Linux box to my (leopard) mac. I set up postfix pretty much
like on my old linux box (slackware). (By the way, mutt compiled out of the
box on leopard -- no need for Fink or Macports.)
I have a single machine, single user site connected by dhcp.
Everything pretty much works. I finished setting things up on Dec. 28.
Didn't turn on the machine again till sometime on the 31st.
Strangely, I had no new messages since Dec 28.
After checking that fetchmail was running, and looking at the /var/mail que
with plain old mail, I sent a couple of test messages using plain old mail.
voila! Suddenly mail appeard in the Mutt screen.
Same kind of thing happened today. No new mail. After sending a test
message from plain mail, the new mail showed up.
I'd be happy if someone could point me where to look!
Thanks!
John Velman