On Thu, Nov 11, 2010 at 03:42:45PM -0500, Mike Hollis wrote: > I use sendmail.8.14.4,fetchmail-6.3.13 and mutt-1.5.20 as my mail > system. Sendmail is set up as a client using my isp's provider as > smarthost and I am using the default mbox format. > > There was a post last month concerning a similar situation and I > read it and the links included and read the docs about new mail > but found nothing conclusive. > > I leave my mail on the system mailbox and periodically open the > mailbox menu with mutt -y. The boxes with new mail show an "N" > and after I open and read the mail I return to the menu with "y" > and the "N" tag is gone for that box. > > When I open the next box and return to menu again the "N" tag is > back on the previously opened box. If I open the box again then > the "N" is gone for good. > > The only way I can keep up with which boxes truly have new mail > is to start at the top and work my way to the bottom. > > If there some way to remedy this , I would appreciate any input. > > > --- Mike Hollis ----
I read the docs again and tried set check_mbox_size=yes and it seems to work. --- Mike Hollis ---
