On Tue, Feb 29, 2000 at 09:27:11PM -0600, Conrad Sabatier wrote:
>
> On 28-Feb-00 Phil Staub wrote:
> > I would like to open a dialogue with anyone who is using mutt in
> > conjunction with procmail and mh-style mailboxes. I've got some
> > configuration questions.
>
> I've only been using Mutt for a few days, and still have a lot to learn
> about it, but yes, I'm using MH style mailboxes, and filtering mailing
> lists and such into them with procmail. I may be able to answer some of
> your questions, just let me know.
My major questions relate to getting mutt to properly detect the fact
that mail has been newly deposited into mh folders that I have
designated in my .muttrc as mailboxes. I've been getting new mail
reported in folders that are completely empty, as well as no report
when new mail *is* in the folders.
For the record, I am using rcvstore to insert the mail into the
mailboxes, and I do not have either biff or xbiff running to watch for new
mail.
I've also read most of the man pages on procmail, and scanned through
the mutt manual. I'm aware of the warning in the procmail pages about
file locking being unreliable for MH mailboxes.
Finally, I only recently subscribed to the mailing list, and yet
already I've seen other references to problems with new mail
detection, even for those not using mh mailboxes. Perhaps 1.1.7 will
resolve this? Haven't had time to download it yet, but it might be
worth a try.
Thanks,
Phil
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