On 2015-08-27 01:00 +0200, Joe wrote: > mtime (Aug 26 17:16) > atime (Aug 26 23:48) > > As explained by "Ian Zimmerman" and by man pages of mbox(5): > --- > If the modification-time (usually determined via stat(2)) of a nonempty mbox > file is greater than the access-time the file has new mail. > --- > > This should mean our "mail.test" mailbox contains new messages and I would > expect Mutt shows "N" flag when I'm in "browser menu".
No, it is the opposite (as I had written correctly but you misinterpreted). When new mail is delivered, _both_ mtime and atime should under normal circumstances get bumped, so they're the same; this is the "new" state. When something reads the file (be it a MUA or something else by accident, for example if you manually view the mailbox with a pager), the atime is bumped but the mtime is not. This is the "old" state. -- Please *no* private copies of mailing list or newsgroup messages. Rule 420: All persons more than eight miles high to leave the court.
