On Thu, May 2, 2002, David T-G wrote: > % come back to the computer after a while, mutt is not notifying me of > % new mail in any way, yet if I change to mail folders, there is new > % mail, marked appropriately with an 'N'. Why would this be? May be > > It sounds like your $timeout is set too high (or to zero). AIUI, mutt > checks for new mail 1) when you press a key and after $mail_check seconds > since the last check and 2) after a certain period of inactivity. Check > the manual and your settings. If you're using an IMAP connection or > browsing a POP3 connection, the interval variable names are different.
I'm not using POP or IMAP. $timeout is set to 5, and mail_check is not set, so according to the manual, default is 5. Doesn't this sound like it shouldn't be doing what I am seeing? And after I've hit a key, mutt still doesn't tell me there's new mail. Only when there is new mail from that point on. -Ken
