On 27.03.16 21:05, Erik Christiansen wrote:
> That's not what happens here, I hit 'c' and mutt immediately offers the
> mailbox with new mail which appears highest in the (one or more)
> "mailboxes" lines in my .muttrc.
Jon, if mutt isn't detecting new mail in the delivery mailboxes, then
it may be necessary to:
set check_mbox_size # Set only if new mail detection is unreliable
# or doesn't work.
> If the use-case _must_ be "NOT empty", then just use the mailbox file
> format, rather than maildir. IIRC, a mailbox file from which all mails
> have been deleted, is also deleted. A non-exsistent file can hardly be
> listed by 'y'.
On reflection, that'd need:
set save_empty=no # So empty mailboxes disappear.
Erik
