* Michael Elkins on Thursday, September 16, 2010 at 17:42:13 -0700 > On Fri, Sep 17, 2010 at 01:46:41AM +0200, Christian Ebert wrote: >> I have the new mail_check_recent variable set to yes. It works, >> except for my spoolfile which is compiled in: >> >> ./configure --with-homespool=Maildir ... >> >> At least I guess it's because of this. It would be nice to have >> this working on my spool again. > > I presume you are using Maildir format mailboxes?
Yes. Sorry, should have said that explicitly. > Does it work with any maildir mailbox? Yes, it works for all other mailboxes, except for the homespool. > One thing to check is "stat $Maildir/new" and see if the mtime value > on the directory is updated when a new message is placed in that > directory. $ mutt -Q spoolfile mbox_type spoolfile="~/Maildir" mbox_type=Maildir $ stat ~/Maildir/new 234881026 1168278 drwx------ 2 chris chris 0 68 "Sep 17 12:02:50 2010" "Sep 17 01:41:20 2010" "Sep 17 01:41:20 2010" "Nov 17 13:45:43 2008" 4096 0 0 /Users/chris/Maildir/new Copy new message to homespool. Then: stat ~/Maildir/new 234881026 1168278 drwx------ 3 chris chris 0 102 "Sep 17 12:02:50 2010" "Sep 17 13:52:08 2010" "Sep 17 13:52:08 2010" "Nov 17 13:45:43 2008" 4096 0 0 /Users/chris/Maildir/new This is on MacOS 10.5.8 if it matters: $ sw_vers ProductName: Mac OS X ProductVersion: 10.5.8 BuildVersion: 9L30 c -- theatre - books - texts - movies Black Trash Productions at home: http://www.blacktrash.org Black Trash Productions on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/blacktrashproductions
