Re: mail_check

[Michael . Tatge]

On Thu, Mar 23, 2000 at 06:42:52PM +0100, Erik Thiele wrote:
> mail_check:
> 
> i set it to 1.
> but when i strace mutt, it doesn't do something if i don't press
> keys. neither in mutt -y overview mode, nor when viewing a folder.
> only if i press cursor keys or other keys, it looks for new mail.
> what have i done wrong ?

instead of $mail_check use $timeout.
I set timeout=30 so if I don't press a key for 30 sec. mutt will check
for new mail.

Michael