On Mon, Sep 18, 2000 at 05:40:43PM -0400, David T-G wrote:
> % 1) I have
> % set folder_format="%N %30s %f"
> % but I can't see the "N" indicator in the folder index even though some
> % of the mailboxes has new mail (it is always blank). Why?
>
> If your folder_format is correct, then you probably have the common
> problem of some other utility (biff, your shell, or anything else that
> checks for new mail) updating the access time of the mailbox, which is
> the only way that mutt checks to see that new mail has arrived (mod time
> later than acc time). The only solution is to figure out what's doing it
> and make it stop.
Yes, I did a little test: I switched off my biff (which is WMMail for
WindowMaker). Then I wait for new mail (tail -f /var/log/maillog).
When new mails came, I re-open mutt and folder index show still didnt
show the N indicator. BTW, in the pager index, it does shows up the
message "new mail in this folder".
Now suddenly I am thinking this may have something to do with the
mount option I use. In this partition where the mailboxes are, I
have the "noatime" option in fstab. I wonder...
