Fairlight <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on Fri, 05 May 2000:
> Is there a way for mail_check's 5 second check to automatically redraw the
> index if there is new mail? Elm used to do this and I really miss it. It
> doesn't seem to do anything so long as there is no keyboard input.
This is a bit of a hazy area for me, so I could be wrong here, however
this is how I understand it:
$mail_check is how often *at most* to check for new mail, when there is
keyboard input. Normally Mutt checks for new email when the user does
something, but it won't if $mail_check seconds has not yet passed since
the last time.
The time of how often to check for new mail when there is *no* keyboard
input is controlled by a variable called, somewhat confusingly, $timeout
(ie. "timeout waiting for user input").
Sounds like you want to set $timeout to a much shorter value than the
default of 600 (seconds).
Hope this helps,
Mikko
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