Steffen Daode Nurpmeso <sdao...@googlemail.com> added the comment:
I'll attach a patch with a clearer comment (entry-gate instead
"new mail"), i.e. the comment now reflects what MUAs really do.
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Added file: http://bugs.python.org/file21850/11935.2.diff
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diff --git a/Lib/mailbox.py b/Lib/mailbox.py
--- a/Lib/mailbox.py
+++ b/Lib/mailbox.py
@@ -692,6 +692,13 @@
self._file = open(self._path, 'rb+')
self._toc = new_toc
self._pending = False
+ # Set modification time to be after access time so that MMDF and MBOX
+ # mail readers detect changes (or perform further inspection to do so)
+ try:
+ currtime = time.time()
+ os.utime(self._path, (currtime-3, currtime))
+ except:
+ pass
if self._locked:
_lock_file(self._file, dotlock=False)
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