This might be on the way to tracking this down.
New mail arrived while sending mail (between hitting "y" and regaining
control of mutt). Mutt didn't catch new mail arriving, and couldn't be
motivated to check the mailbox until more new mail arrived.
Ben
On Mon, May 01, 2000 at 05:55:57PM -0500, David DeSimone wrote:
> Benjamin Korvemaker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > Can I force mutt to rescan the current folder (I'm using maildirs)? $
> > only commits the changes, but doesn't pick up the new mail in the box,
> > yet gbuffy lets me know there's more mail.
>
> There isn't a function to cause a re-scan, because Mutt is simply
> supposed to do it without being told. There is a variable $timeout
> which tells Mutt how often to do it while waiting for commands, and
> there is another variable $mail_check which determines how often to do
> it when you are entering commands. They should have reasonable
> defaults, though.
>
> Anyway, Mutt is supposed to notice new mail without being told to look
> for it.
>
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Hey! It compiles! Ship it!
