On 2009-05-12, Rocco Rutte <pd...@gmx.net> wrote: > Hi, > > * Wu, Yue wrote: > > > Thank you, 'check_mbox_size' does the trick. > > Hmm, how is the partition with the mboxes mounted? This option only > exists for setups where access/modification time cannot be reliably used > to detect new mail. Filesystems can be mounted to not update atime as > that causes disk updates but provides little to no benefit for most > applications so many people turn atime updates off.
In my case, at work, almost everything except /tmp is NFS-mounted, including $MAIL and $HOME. I've been using +BUFFY_SIZE and now 'check_mbox_size' for so long that I don't remember exactly the problem I was having without it, except that notifications of new mail and/or mailbox statuses were not working correctly. At home, I'm using Cygwin's mutt package and it just happens to have +BUFFY_SIZE configured. Regards, Gary
