* Jörn Engel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> > I actually vote for that.  IMO, distros should turn -on- atime 
> > updates when they know its needed.
> 
> If you mean "relatime" I concur.  "noatime" hurts mutt and others 
> while "relatime" has no known problems, afaics.

so ... one app can keep 30,000+ apps hostage?

i use Mutt myself, on such a filesystem:

   /dev/md0 on / type ext3 (rw,noatime,nodiratime,user_xattr)

and i can see no problems, it notices new mails just fine.

        Ingo
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