Hi. I've still not got to the bottom of this problem. My spool now has 200 read emails that I can't get mutt to move.
Here is my .muttrc: #------------------------------------------------------------------------------- # headers ignore "from " received content- mime-version status x-status message-id ignore sender references return-path lines #------------------------------------------------------------------------------- # folders set folder="~/mail" set mbox_type="Maildir" set mbox="+`date +%Y`/`date +%m`_inbox" set record="+`date +%Y`/`date +%m`_outbox" set postponed="+postponed" mbox-hook spool "=`date +%Y`/`date +%m`_inbox" set realname="" set reverse_name=yes set reverse_realname=no #------------------------------------------------------------------------------- # globals set abort_nosubject=no set allow_8bit set ascii_chars=yes set charset="`locale charmap`" set confirmappend=no set copy=yes set date_format="%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S" set edit_headers set editor=vim set fcc_clear=yes set hostname=logik.internal.network set index_format="%.3C %S | %(%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S) | %-12.12a | %-12.12t | %-4.4c | %s" set markers set pager=builtin set pager_context=1 set pager_format=" msg %C" set pager_index_lines=12 set pager_stop set smart_wrap set sort=threads set spoolfile=+spool set status_format="-- (%n/%o/%m) %l" set status_on_top set strict_threads set tilde set user_agent=no unset collapse_unread #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Any ideas why this might suddenly be happening? As I mentioned before, my mutt config hasn't changed in years so I'm mystified as to why this should happen now.