All you have been proving so far is that mutt is able to read and
rewrite a 4-message, 20k mailbox within less than 60 seconds...
On 2001-07-10 12:35:28 -0500, Andy Spiegl wrote:
>KRecCount: 1
>Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2001 12:35:28 -0500
>From: Andy Spiegl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: Mutt User List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: Re: timestamp of mailbox file is not updated
>Mail-Followup-To: Mutt User List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.15i
>Organization: Radio Marañón, Peru
>
>Hi Mutters,
>
>I am gradually getting concerned that no one is caring about this bug (if
>it's a bug and not a strange feature). Please let me know if there is
>something I can do to change this strange behaviur of mutt. I can't find
>anything in the manual and FAQ. Hope I didn't overlook anything.
>
>The problem is that my syncronizing software ("unison") depends on the
>timestamp to work correctly.
>
>Here is my mail again, just to be sure:
>
>> I found it very strange to find out that mutt sometimes doesn't update the
>> timestamp of a mailbox file. Here's an example:
>>
>> hamster:~>l testmailbox
>> -rw------- 1 spiegl users 26537 Feb 20 20:57 testmailbox
>> hamster:~>grep ^Status: testmailbox
>> zsh: 3666 exit 1 grep -i ^Status testmailbox
>> hamster:~>mutt -f testmailbox
>> 4 kept, 0 deleted.
>> hamster:~>grep ^Status: testmailbox
>> Status: RO
>> Status: RO
>> Status: O
>> Status: O
>> hamster:~>l testmailbox
>> -rw------- 1 spiegl users 26579 Feb 20 20:57 testmailbox
>> hamster:~>mutt -f testmailbox
>> 2 kept, 2 deleted.
>> hamster:~>l testmailbox
>> -rw------- 1 spiegl users 18153 Feb 20 20:57 testmailbox
>
>Thanks,
> Andy.
>
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> Dr. Andy Spiegl, Radio Marañón, Jaén, Perú
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