* Tom Baker on Tuesday, August 30, 2011 at 11:54:06 -0400
> On Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 02:51:15PM +0200, Christian Ebert wrote:
>> set check_mbox_size=yes
> 
> That works! :-)
> 
>> See: man 5 muttrc
> 
> The man page says:
>    
>    This variable is unset by default and should only be enabled when new mail
>    detection for these folder types is unreliable or doesn't work.
> 
> ...which makes me wonder whether this is a workaround that uses a method
> for new mail detection that is less reliable than the default method, whatever
> that is, but it does appear to solve the problem.

HFS+ does not update file access time as Mutt would like it. But
others are more qualified to explain this.

See also the section How New Mail Detection Works in manual.txt.

c
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