Re: Is it supposed to be possible to deliver mail while mutt has the mbox open?

2013-03-20 Thread raf
Chris Green wrote: > On Wed, Mar 20, 2013 at 10:11:06AM -0500, David Champion wrote: > > * On 20 Mar 2013, Chris Green wrote: > > > > > > I suspect my MTA doesn't agree exactly with mutt about where the > > > 'message separator' is. > > > > When your script delivers a message, does it append a

Re: Is it supposed to be possible to deliver mail while mutt has the mbox open?

2013-03-20 Thread David Champion
* On 20 Mar 2013, Chris Green wrote: > > Has the mutt handling of this changed in the last few versions? Not that I know of, and I doubt it. > The python way of doing this is correct according to the RFC as far as I > can tell, there *should* be a blank line between the end of a message > and t

Re: Is it supposed to be possible to deliver mail while mutt has the mbox open?

2013-03-20 Thread Chris Green
On Wed, Mar 20, 2013 at 10:11:06AM -0500, David Champion wrote: > * On 20 Mar 2013, Chris Green wrote: > > > > I suspect my MTA doesn't agree exactly with mutt about where the > > 'message separator' is. > > When your script delivers a message, does it append a message and then > a blank line, o

Re: Is it supposed to be possible to deliver mail while mutt has the mbox open?

2013-03-20 Thread David Champion
* On 20 Mar 2013, Chris Green wrote: > > I suspect my MTA doesn't agree exactly with mutt about where the > 'message separator' is. When your script delivers a message, does it append a message and then a blank line, or does it append a blank line and then a message? -- David Champion • d...@b

Re: Is it supposed to be possible to deliver mail while mutt has the mbox open?

2013-03-20 Thread Chris Green
On Wed, Mar 20, 2013 at 02:58:58PM +, Chris Green wrote: > > > > What I want to know is:- > > > > Is it possible for a message to be delivered into an mbox that mutt > > is looking at without provoking the ""Mailbox was externally > > modified" message? > > > > If the above i

Re: Is it supposed to be possible to deliver mail while mutt has the mbox open?

2013-03-20 Thread Erik Christiansen
On 20.03.13 14:11, Chris Green wrote: > What I want to know is:- > > Is it possible for a message to be delivered into an mbox that mutt > is looking at without provoking the ""Mailbox was externally > modified" message? Yes. Here the message is "New mail in this mailbox." (Confirmed

Re: Is it supposed to be possible to deliver mail while mutt has the mbox open?

2013-03-20 Thread Chris Green
> > What I want to know is:- > > Is it possible for a message to be delivered into an mbox that mutt > is looking at without provoking the ""Mailbox was externally > modified" message? > > If the above is possible then what does the delivering MTA have to > do so that the del

Re: Is it supposed to be possible to deliver mail while mutt has the mbox open?

2013-03-20 Thread Chris Green
On Thu, Mar 21, 2013 at 01:05:27AM +1100, Erik Christiansen wrote: > On 20.03.13 13:14, Chris Green wrote: > > What is supposed to happen in the following scenario:- > > > > I'm viewing my incoming mail (inbox), looking at the index view in mutt. > > > > Some new mail arrives, delivered b

Re: Is it supposed to be possible to deliver mail while mutt has the mbox open?

2013-03-20 Thread Erik Christiansen
On 20.03.13 13:14, Chris Green wrote: > What is supposed to happen in the following scenario:- > > I'm viewing my incoming mail (inbox), looking at the index view in mutt. > > Some new mail arrives, delivered by procmail/python script/whatever > to the inbox. > > Is there supposed to

Is it supposed to be possible to deliver mail while mutt has the mbox open?

2013-03-20 Thread Chris Green
What is supposed to happen in the following scenario:- I'm viewing my incoming mail (inbox), looking at the index view in mutt. Some new mail arrives, delivered by procmail/python script/whatever to the inbox. Is there supposed to be some mechanism whereby mutt recognises that all th