On Tue, Jan 29, 2008 at 06:03:17PM +0100, Steve S wrote: > I'm doing that too, with getmail and a cronjob. > > The problem is not that mail doesn't download to my machine, but that mutt, if > > * it is open all the time > * showing the file browser (when invoked with `mutt -y`) > * no key is pressed > > doesn't show the 'N' flag for folders (mailboxes) which have new mail after > $timeout seconds as it should (it should, right? :). It does that only if I > > a) go to some mailbox and then back to the browser (which is the event "a key > is pressed" and mutt checks for new mail if I understand correctly) > > b) invoke the <check-new> function manually. >
In connection to that problem, I discovered another thing with <check-new>. Say I have three mailboxes listed in the browser foo/ bar/ stuff/ and I have selected (with <up>, <down>) the foo/ box. Now, if all three boxes have new mail and I call <check-new>, the 'N' flag appears only on the boxes that are *not* selected (bar/, stuff/). However in the index for the foo/ box, new mails are flagged correctly. This could mean that I may miss an important mail I'm waiting for. So, before invoking <check-new>, I have to select a mailbox which is not that important which seems not very convenient. s.
