Ren? Clerc wrote: > * Cleber S. Mori <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [06-12-2001 00:04]: > > > How does mutt checks for new mail? I mean, when I press c<ret>, how > > does it knows which folder have new mails, and which one does not?
> Check the "mailboxes" directive: here you specify which mailboxes > receive mail. The order you specify them in, determines which one with > new mail shows up first. well i think the question was how mutt knows which folders have new mail. for mbox folders it uses the modification time (mtime i think, but i always get that crap mixed up) to see when the file was last modified. with maildir i assume it just checks to see if there are messages in folder/new/ but i could be wrong there. -- William Yardley System Administrator, Newdream Network [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://infinitejazz.net/will/pgp/gpg.asc
