Byrial Jensen wrote:
>
> On Fri, Oct 19, 2001 at 08:51:18 -0600, Charles Cazabon wrote:
>
> > How does mutt check to see if there's new mail in an mbox file?  When
> > getmail delivers messages to it, the mtime and size of the mbox would
> > change.  Is this not enough?  What else should getmail do to be
> > mutt-friendly?
> 
> Don't change the atime. Mutt checks if mtime is newer than atime.

Thanks -- this is what I was looking to confirm.  I apologize for the
threading; I lost the References: line.

Charles
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