On Thu, May 24, 2001 at 08:07:52PM +0200, Munish Chopra wrote:
> It seems I messed up my reply the first time, but what I wanted to ask
> was:
>
> I was wondering how often mutt checks for mail when check_new=yes is
> set? And is this affected by mail_check=5?
>
> Right now I have both of the above set, but whether both are set or only
> check_new, it doesn't seem to be doing much (I have fetchmail running
> every now and then, but I actually have to hit 'g' to check for new
> mail).
This behavior is also affected by the 'timeout' variable. From the
manual:
This variable controls the number of seconds Mutt will wait for a
key to be pressed in the main menu before timing out and checking
for new mail. A value of zero or less will cause Mutt not to ever
time out.
The default value is 600, or 10 minutes. I put
set timeout=10
in my muttrc and mutt now informs me of new mail at a much more
reasonable interval.
Gary
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