In message <gtudnry7tappu2zunz2dnuvz_h6dn...@posted.visi>, Grant Edwards wrote:
> AFAIK, atime<mtime has been the "standard" way to determine when an mbox > contains new mail for at least 20 years. Doesn't apply to maildir though, does it? Updating atime adds a lot of filesystem overhead; that's why the relatime option was invented <http://lwn.net/Articles/244829/>. But better still is not to bother. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
