Alexander Skwar wrote:
>So sprach Charles Cazabon am Mon, May 28, 2001 at 11:40:40AM -0600:
> > I don't use mbox files much; I don't know if mutt is supposed to leave a
> > 0-byte file there when you delete all the message in an mbox file.
>
>I also don't know if mutt is *SUPPOSED* to leave the file behind - but it
>does leave the file behind.
Hi,
This behavior is controlled by the save_empty variable, which by default
it set. If save_empty is unset, all empty mailboxes except the spoolfile are
removed when they are closed. If you don't want the default behavior, then
stick the following in your .muttrc:
set save_empty=no
-Harold
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