On Wed, May 03, 2000 at 04:28:33PM -0400, Hardy Merrill wrote:
> Mikko Hänninen [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] wrote:
> > Hardy Merrill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on Wed, 03 May 2000:
> > > Now if I read in-l-dbiusers, when I finish, it tells me
> > > that in-l-muttusers has "N"ew mail - but there isn't any
> > > new mail. When I read in-l-muttusers, when I finish it
> > > tells me that in-l-dbiusers has "N"ew mail - but it
> > > doesn't. Now it's always telling me that both have new
> > > mail, and *NEITHER* one does.
> > >
> > > Has anyone seen this before?
> >
> > This happens to me sometimes too. I haven't got any real idea why,
> > although I suspect it's NFS-related. I use Maildir over NFS.
> >
> > It might be helpful for anyone who tries to figure out (if anyone
> > will) if you also told what folder format these folders are in,
> > and whether you're using NFS or not.
>
> I'm using mbox format - I'm using procmail to filter my mail into
> one of three mailboxes on my local machine - the 2 mailing lists,
> and anything left over goes to =INBOX-Mutt.
>
> This is still happening(mutt says that my mailing list mailboxes
> have new mail when they really don't - those mailboxes DO show up
> with "N" for New) - any ideas?
>
I'm using mbox over NFS and procmail sorting into different mailboxes. I had exactly
the same problem you're describing above. If I remember correctly it went away when I
recompiled using the --enable-nfs-fix flag. Are you using NFS for your mailspool?
cheers,
-Marcos
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