John P. Verel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on Mon, 13 Mar 2000:
In poking around the mutt manual, I discovered that a) opening mutt
with the -y switch opens the directory browser with (apparently)
updated N indicator. Alternatively, pressing the tab key while in the
directory browser will do the
On Tue, Mar 14, 2000 at 12:33:25PM +0200, Mikko Hänninen wrote:
John P. Verel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on Mon, 13 Mar 2000:
Over the next couple days, I intend to try some XWindow biff-like
clients and see how that goes.
Keep in mind that some of the biff-style utilities will conflict
Telsa Gwynne [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on Mon, 13 Mar 2000:
And the N for
"new mail" is very intermittent on the listing of folders (for which
I too have forgotten the correct name).
There are one or two folders which never seem to show up as having
new mail in them. They're listed in
On 03/14/00, 09:36:28PM +0200, Mikko Hänninen wrote:
David DeSimone posted a few days ago a very good reply in another thread
which explains how Mutt detects new mail (for the usual mbox folders).
Basically, it compares the "last accessed" and "last modified" times for
a file. If "last
John P. Verel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on Tue, 14 Mar 2000:
How and when does mutt update the folder browser? Is it necessary to
press tab twice to re-write the screen?
There's a function called check-new in the directory listing (and
Mailboxes) screen, but it's unbound by default. Bind it to
On Sun, Mar 12, 2000 at 09:13:59PM -0500 or thereabouts, John P. Verel wrote:
I am trying to understand how the status indicator in the folder list
(if I'm using the term correctly), gets updated to show new mail in a
folder.
I've got a half dozen folders created by procmail. My
In poking around the mutt manual, I discovered that a) opening mutt
with the -y switch opens the directory browser with (apparently)
updated N indicator. Alternatively, pressing the tab key while in the
directory browser will do the same.
Over the next couple days, I intend to try some XWindow
