In poking around the mutt manual, I discovered that a) opening mutt
with the -y switch opens the directory browser with (apparently)
updated N indicator. Alternatively, pressing the tab key while in the
directory browser will do the same.
Over the next couple days, I intend to try some XWindow biff-like
clients and see how that goes.
On 03/13/00, 08:10:42AM +0000, Telsa Gwynne wrote:
> On Sun, Mar 12, 2000 at 09:13:59PM -0500 or thereabouts, John P. Verel wrote:
> > I am trying to understand how the status indicator in the folder list
> > (if I'm using the term correctly), gets updated to show new mail in a
> > folder.
> >
> > I've got a half dozen folders created by procmail. My mail_check is
> > set to 5. It often happens that I find new mail within a folder (and
> > new since last opened) but no "N" indicator next to the folder...which
> > is what I desire.
>
> For what it's worth, I know exactly what you mean. This has happened to
> me for as long as I have used mutt. I also have mail_check at 5, with
> check_new set, and a bunch of procmail-created folders. And the N for
> "new mail" is very intermittent on the listing of folders (for which
> I too have forgotten the correct name).
>
> There are one or two folders which never seem to show up as having
> new mail in them. They're listed in mailboxes in my .muttrc just like
> the rest.
>
> I have no idea why this happens.
>
> Telsa
