On Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 11:16:35AM +0200, Rocco Rutte wrote: > Hi, > > * Robert Holtzman wrote: > > > After getting the weirdness with the "m" command sorted out, a new > > problem cropped up. When Mutt first opens it reads all the mailboxes > > over and over and over. > > What makes you think so? A progress indicator at the bottom? What does > it say exactly?
The indicator says it's reading /home/holtzm/mail/xxxxxx and cycles through the mailboxes anything from 2-4 times before it opens the first one. > > > This goes on for ~60 seconds after which my > > INCOMING mailbox opens. At this point issuing any command, be it the > > up or down arrows, ^n, ^p,w,q or any other results in Mutt rereading > > all the mailboxes over and over and over. While this is going on the > > keyboard is unresponsive. > > Weird, what's your value of the $mail_check variable? You can see if > increasing it help. How many folders do you have, are they rather large > or small (”rather large“ is something like 5.000 or more messages per > folder I'd say.) There are 20 files some with as many as 30-40k messages. This ~/mail directory was copied over from my desktop box where mutt works flawlessly. mail_check=10. I'll try increasing it later when I get some more time. > > Now for the strangeness. Mutt functions perfectly on my desktop box. > > The noted behavior only occurs on my laptop, a Dell Latitude. Both > > computers are running the identical ~.muttrc files, the desktop file > > having been copied via a flash drive to the laptop. > > There's also a systemwide config file (/etc/Muttrc, depending on the > setup) which has totally different settings on both machines. I'll try copying one to the other machine, renaming 1 and running "diff", again later when I get some more time. I'll report the results. Thanks for the reply. -- Bob Holtzman AF9D 8760 0CFA F95A 6C77 E125 BF90 580F 8D54 9279 "If you think you're getting free lunch, check the price of the beer"
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