Charles Curley [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] wrote:
> On Mon, May 01, 2000 at 10:31:10AM -0400, Hardy Merrill wrote:
> ->
> -> 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?
>
> Xbiff, set to watch your main input file ("xbiff -file ~/Mail/in &"), will
> ring its bell and put the flag up on incoming mail. Only after you have
> read the new mail does the flag goes down. At least, that's what I'm
> seeing here.
That's not what I'm seeing - my xbiff notification flag goes down as soon
as mutt(not me) see's that there's new mail. What you describe is what
I want(I want the xbiff flag to stay up until *I* read the new mail), but
I'm not sure what's wrong or different about my setup. I have
procmail set to send ALL my email to a file on my local machine - and I
have "set spoolfile" set to that file. Any idea what I may not have set
up right?
>
> So xbiff is useful: it beeps on new mail, and is more visible than mutt's
> "new mail" notice.
>
> Also, xbiff watches the given file all the time, so that if you are
> looking at another mail file, xbiff still works.
>
> And xbiff is a better candidate for "sticky" than a mutt xterm.
What does "sticky" mean?
>
> If there is a way to turn off mutt's autochecking, I don't know of it. But
> check the manual for that. But you don't need to turn off
> autochecking. xbiff reports new mail even after mutt reads it in.
>
Thanks for your help.
--
Hardy Merrill
Mission Critical Linux, LLC
http://www.missioncriticallinux.com
