Anand Biligiri S forced the electrons to say:
> i am running mutt in an xterm and in directory browser mode(showing on the
> files in the mailboxes).
I am also running mutt in an xterm - precisely mutt -y.
> i am running fetchmail in daemon mode to pick up
> the mail from server. now the mail which arrives is sorted by procmail and
> put in various mail folders.
Upto here, exactly the same settings as you.
> now, as soon as new mail arrives, a "N" does
> not appear beside the folder name. if i change folder or quit mutt and start
> it, a "N" appears.
Mutt does not continuously check the mailbox for new mails, it does so
in configurable intervals of time. So, wait for some time and the 'N'
will appear automatically.
Check these two settings in your .muttrc:
set mail_check=5
mailboxes $MAIL =Linux/linux-india =Linux/linux-programmer =Linux/linux-general
The first one tells mutt how often it should check a mailbox for new
mail; it is 5 seconds in my case. The second one tells mutt which all
mailboxes can have new mail. That is just a partial list. :-)
Set these, and try running mutt as mutt -y. See if you get new mail
notification within 5 seconds.
Binand
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