On 25Apr2009 11:30, Rocco Rutte <pd...@gmx.net> wrote: | * Cameron Simpson wrote: | > I find mutt doesn't notice new email in maildirs when I press '$'. Is | > there a common misconfiguration I might have? | | '$' usually means to write changes of a mailbox out to disk. Mutt | doesn't even attempt to check for mail in that situation.
So I have gathered on reading the code. I wonder if I'm the only user surprised that sync isn't followed by check-for-new-and load-them? | It only checks | based on $mail_check (and $timeout when being idle) and when changing | folders. New mail detection in maildirs should be 100% reliable. Hmm. I've just verified that it's not. I just lurked in a mail folder that gets regular new messages. After a long time, no new messages. Open the folder in another mutt, new messages. Back in the original, still no new messages. mail_check=10. Bounces on '$' just to avoid idleness, if that matters. -- Cameron Simpson <c...@zip.com.au> DoD#743 http://www.cskk.ezoshosting.com/cs/ Sam Jones <samjo...@leo.unm.edu> on the Nine Types of User: El Explicito - "I tried the thing, ya know, and it worked, ya know, but now it doesn't, ya know?" Advantages: Provides interesting communication challanges. Disadvantages: So do chimps. Symptoms: Complete inability to use proper nouns Real Case: One user walked up to a certain Armenian pod manager and said, "I can't get what I want!" The pod manager leaned back, put his hands on his belt-buckle, and said, "Well, ma'am, you've come to the right place."
