On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 08:22:16AM -0600, Kyle Wheeler wrote: > So, mutt has a lot of settings, most of which are set under the > assumption that you're using mutt to read a local mbox. For example, > the $mail_check variable is, by default, 5. What that means is that > mutt will expect to check for new mail every five seconds---which is a 1> good default if your mailbox(es) is/are just a disk-access away, but > if accessing your mail requires network operations, five seconds is > absurdly small. Boost that value up some (even to as little as 60 (1 > minute)), and I think you'll find that mutt suddenly gets more > responsive while accessing your pop3 server.
My mailboxes are on my hd. Still can't figure out why mutt would insist on polling mailboxes for keystrokes unrelated to any mailbox (s, t, *, ?, etc) and why the problem is intermittent. -- Bob Holtzman Key ID: 8D549279 "If you think you're getting free lunch, check the price of the beer"
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