Charles Curley [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 28, 2000 at 03:21:38PM -0400, Hardy Merrill wrote:
> -> Is it possible to use Mutt with xbiff?
> ->
> -> I'm a newbie to Mutt, and am trying to use Mutt with xbiff,
> -> and what happens is, my xbiff notification happens when I
> -> get a new message, but then as soon as Mutt recognizes that
> -> there's a new message, it retrieves(?) it and my xbiff
> -> notification goes off - making xbiff pretty useless.
> ->
> -> Am I doing something wrong(or not doing something right)?
>
> You are doing things right. Xbiff will notify you if you have mail at the
> moment in a given file. I use procmail, so I have xbiff watch my input
> file, not my spool file. However, if I have mutt running, mutt picks up
> the new email. It will be marked with an N for new in the status
> column. Just check your inbox with mutt from time to time.
So there's no way to have mutt retrieve mail ONLY when I want
it to? Seems like if you have mutt running all the time, then
xbiff really doesn't do you any good - do you only run mutt
when you want to retrieve your new mail? Or do you just have
mutt running all the time, and just look at the "N" for new
messages to let you know you have new mail?
Thanks.
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Hardy Merrill
Mission Critical Linux, LLC
http://www.missioncriticallinux.com
