Philip Mak muttered: > "set mail_check" configures how often (in seconds) mutt should look > for new mail. I have it set to 5, but new e-mail that I receive does > *not* show up within 5 seconds. > > It seems that it only shows up if I press a key in mutt.
mailboxes must be set You have to find a balance between $mail_check and $timeout. See sections 4.12. and 6.3.215. of the manual. HTH, Michael -- PGP-Key: http://www-stud.ims.uni-stuttgart.de/~tatgeml/public.key
