On 19 Dec 2008 12:15 +0000, by c...@isbd.net (Chris G): > For some reason mutt isn't seeing new mail arriving. It is arriving > OK and the flags (i.e. the 'N' against new messages) are OK but I'm > not being notified in the status line and I'm not able to 'c' to > mailboxes where new mail has arrived.
I have had the problem that mutt wouldn't detect new mail in mbox spools, which can be solved by setting the noatime on the file system in question in /etc/fstab. Or, as I did, switch to a different mail spool format - I went with maildir but mh should work as well. The third option is to ensure that all programs accessing the files reset the access time if appropriate - not all software supports that. HOWEVER, I have never had any problem with entering those mailboxes. What is the output of 'stat' when executed with such a mailbox file as parameter? What error message does mutt give when you attempt to change to such a mailbox? -- Michael Kjörling .. mich...@kjorling.se .. http://michael.kjorling.se * ..... No bird soars too high if he soars with his own wings ..... * * ENCRYPTED email preferred -- OpenPGP key ID: 0x 758F8749 BDE9ADA6 * * ASCII Ribbon Campaign: Against HTML mail, proprietary attachments *
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