You probably have your mail on a filesystem that doesn't update the atime of
your mailboxes. If you are using linux/ext2, keep your mail on a filesystem
that is not mounted "noatime". You may also want to try recompiling mutt
with the "buffy" [?] option, which I think tries to see whether the mailbox
size has changed since last query instead of using access times.
-Brendan
PS sorry I'm using outlook express - I'm at work. OTOH, it does have nice
IMAP support ;)
----- Original Message -----
From: Pete Toscano <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Wouter Hanegraaff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, 06 July, 1999 10:54
Subject: Re: Mutt detects new mail in old mailbox
this happens all the time for me with just about all my mailboxes.
it's very frustrating and about to cause me to abandon mutt (0.95.6i).
can anyone shed some light on how to fix this problem?
thanks,
pete
On Mon, 05 Jul 1999, Wouter Hanegraaff wrote:
> When I browse through my mailboxes with c<Space>.., one of the boxes
> that is supposed to have new mail doen't have new mail at all.
> This happens very often. When I am in that folder, mutt even sometimes
> explicitely tells me there's new mail in that box.
> For all I know, this happens only with one very small mailbox.
>
> Anyone encountered this too?
>
> I'm using Mutt 0.95.3i (1999-02-12)
>
> Wouter...
>
