On 2012–12–21 xing wrote: > Perhaps this option will help: > > From man muttrc: > ------ > mail_check_recent > Type: boolean > Default: yes > > When set, Mutt will only notify you about new mail that has been received > since > the last time you opened the mailbox. When unset, Mutt will notify you if any > new mail exists in the mailbox, regardless of whether you have visited it > recently.
I unset mail_check_recent and now I got the expected behaviour. Brilliant! > this page describes the issue in more detail but only deals with the > 'mark_old' > setting: http://dev.mutt.org/trac/wiki/NewMailHandling Thanks for the link. I totally missed it while reading the wiki. It's well hidden. Now I understand the idea behind the command. (The wording is still misleading/confusing, though.) Thanks a lot. Marco
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