14-Mar-02 at 15:15, J. Scott Dorr ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote : > This does bring up in my mind a curious conundrum. The whole concept of apps > checking to see if the mailspool has new mail in it can/should be done in such > a way so that multiple apps can do it and not squash each others data. Not > that much can be done about it at this point, it seems so many apps use this > current model. :/
Why do you need more than one app to check for new mail? Pick one that does what you want (play sounds, beep, animate something) and that should do all you need, no? Mutt already has a beep_new function you can use for an audible new mail warning. Indeed, hunting through the manual... "Utilities like biff or frm or any other program which accesses the mailbox might cause Mutt to never detect new mail for that mailbox if they do not properly reset the access time. Backup tools are another common reason for updated access times." [sec 3.11] So it may be OK to use multiple utilities as long as they behave. -- John Lennon:--v [Simon White. vim/mutt/Linux. [EMAIL PROTECTED] GIMPS: 41.13%] Sometimes we sit and read other people's interpretations of our lyrics and think, 'Hey, that's pretty good.' If we liked it, we would keep our mouths shut and just accept the credit as if it was what we meant all along.
