In the mailbox /var/mail/<user> new messages are appended, but mutt displays the newest messages first. Makes sense.
Probably because my mailbox grew to large, this mechanism failed: suddenly I saw very old messages first. To repair this I edited the mailbox (using vi) and deleted old messages. Now it works again, but the status flags are funny: all messages are flagged as "old". Also, I see files BOGUS.<user>.nnnn under /var/mail which are in mailbox format. How can I fix the flags and what to do with the BOGUS-files? Best, ulrich
