Frustration. I've changed every combination of mailpath, sppolfile, locking combination that I can find. The result is the same. When I send myself a test message and then hit <CTL Shft L> the reply is: Mailbox was externally modified. Flags may be wrong. And Mutt does not see the new message which procmail just indeed put into my mailbox. I am not giving up, just don't know what else to try. For those who missed my first go round, Mutt works fine when i use POP. But it does not see new messages when fetchmail pops. mutt -v gives: System: Linux 2.4.0-6-keith [using slang 10404] Compile options: -DOMAIN -DEBUG -HOMESPOOL +USE_SETGID +USE_DOTLOCK +USE_FCNTL -USE_FLOCK -USE_IMAP -USE_GSS -USE_SSL -USE_POP +HAVE_REGCOMP -USE_GNU_REGEX +HAVE_COLOR +HAVE_PGP -BUFFY_SIZE -EXACT_ADDRESS +ENABLE_NLS SENDMAIL="/usr/sbin/sendmail" MAILPATH="/var/spool/mail" SHAREDIR="/usr/share/mutt" SYSCONFDIR="/usr/etc" ISPELL="/usr/bin/ispell" procmail -v gives: Locking strategies: dotlocking, fcntl(), lockf(), flock() Default rcfile: $HOME/.procmailrc Your system mailbox: /var/spool/mail/keith .muttrc has: set folder=~/Mail set spoolfile=/var/spool/mail/keith \ set mbox=+Read set mbox_type=mbox set postponed=+Unsent set copy=yes set record=+Sent set dotlock_program=/usr/bin/mutt_dotlock mailboxes /home/keith/Mail/Inbox mailboxes /var/spool/mail/keith TIA -- -- Keith Robinson --
