* Patrice Levesque <mutt.wa...@ptaff.ca> [2013-01-30 15:33:11 -0500]:
> > > My problem is that all Maildir folders are updated automatically when a > > new email is received, but my Inbox doesn't show updates. To see new > > email I have to quit mutt and re-open it. > > > > What I'm doing wrong?. > > See this entry from the FAQ, might provide you a hint or two: > http://dev.mutt.org/trac/wiki/MuttFaq/Folder#Whyarenewflagsofmboxfolderswronginfolder-listview when you specify mailboxes to be checked for new mail, i.e. with the mailboxes command, make sure you have a line like this: mailboxes ! mailboxes =foo ... The '!' character is a shortcut for your spoolfile, and it should report new mail when it arrives. Before I set up an imap server I was using a similar set up, with /var/mail/$user in mbox format and other mailboxes in ~/Mail in Maildir format. I did not experience any issues with new mail not being registered/shown by mutt. There also could be another explanation - do you have any other programs running on your system that are checking mail that could mark the mailbox as "read", if you see what I mean. -- Primary Key: 4096R/1D31DC38 2011-12-03 Key Fingerprint: A4B9 E875 A18C 6E11 F46D B788 BEE6 1251 1D31 DC38
