On Wed, Dec 05, 2001 at 03:10:44PM -0800, Will Yardley wrote: > 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. >
A bit of extra info: it compares the access time to the modification time, to see if there has been any new mail added since the last time you looked at the folder. - Paul -- Paul Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
