* 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 -- theatre - books - texts - movies Black Trash Productions at home: http://www.blacktrash.org Black Trash Productions on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/blacktrashproductions
