On Thu, Jun 18, 2015 at 02:49:35PM -0400, Xu Wang wrote: > On Thu, Jun 18, 2015 at 5:48 AM, Suvayu Ali <fatkasuvayu+li...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > On Thu, Jun 18, 2015 at 04:46:02AM -0400, Xu Wang wrote: > >> > >> It is actually not documented (in 'man muttrc') what happens if > >> mail_check is set to 0. Does this mean it never checks or that it > >> checks as often as possible? > > > > Look at the main manual (usually available from Mutt with F1). On my > > system it resides in: > > > > /usr/share/doc/mutt-kz/manual.html > > /usr/share/doc/mutt-kz/manual.txt > > > > Hope this helps, > > Ah interesting. I did not realize about this. I will read it. > > However, searching for "mail_check" gives me: > No matching help pages found in “Terminal”. > > I'm not sure if there is such a way to search outside of restricted > scope "Terminal".
Are you by any chance confusing the Help for your terminal emulator with the help for mutt? Your terminal emulator probably has an F1 shortcut that captures the keystroke before it reaches mutt. Anyway, this is what the manual says: 3.119. mail_check Type: number Default: 5 This variable configures how often (in seconds) mutt should look for new mail. Also see the $timeout variable. So I don't think 0 makes sense here. Hope this helps, -- Suvayu Open source is the future. It sets us free.
