On Sun, Nov 15, 2009 at 10:38:01AM -0600, Kyle Wheeler wrote: > On Saturday, November 14 at 11:08 AM, quoth Robert Holtzman: > > When installed in debian lenny on my desktop box and on ubuntu hardy > > on my laptop it's fine. Hiting "c" shows the default mailbox to open > > as the next one with new mail. Better than alpine. Installed on > > ubuntu hardy, also on my desktop box, hitting "c" causes it to ask > > what mailbox to open and I have to bring up the list and scroll down > > to the one I want. Why the difference between ubuntu on the two > > different computers is driving me nuts. > > Okay, let's look at this more specifically, on two machines, > <change-folder> suggests the next mailbox with new mail. On one, it > doesn't.
Correct. > > If you're always viewing locally stored messages (e.g. stored in your > home directories), and if your messages are stored in mbox format, > then it's possible that the difference is that your ubuntu desktop > mounts its drives with the "noatime" option, which messes up mutt's > detection of new mail. Thus, it doesn't suggest a mailbox for the > simple reason that it doesn't think any of them contain new mail. According to fstab /home is mounted relatime, the same as the laptop (which works). Debian doesn't say which means it's default which I *assume* is relatime. From what I see on http://blogs.koolwal.net/2009/01/30/installing-linux-on-usb-part-4-noatime-and-relatime-mount-options/ that should be fine. Now I'm snowed. Think I'll try mutt's dev list. > > If you're always viewing *remote* email (e.g. accessing your mail via > IMAP), then it's harder to guess why mailboxes with new mail aren't > being suggested. > > In either case, you don't *have* to use the big list to find your > mailboxes. Mutt's change-folder prompt can work like the shell: you > can use tab completion to make it faster. For example, I keep my mutt > mailing list mail organized into INBOX/Subscribed/Mutt. I have $folder > set to "INBOX". Thus, whenever I want to read the mutt mailing list > email, I simply press c=S<TAB>M<TAB><ENTER> (where the things in > brackets are key-presses). Unless I'm missing something, that looks like more key strokes than I have now. Thanks for the reply. -- Bob Holtzman Key ID: 8D549279 "If you think you're getting free lunch, check the price of the beer"
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