Re: Strange New mail problem

2008-04-10 Thread Cameron Simpson
On 10Apr2008 09:46, Dave Wood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | Solved: | Well it seemed to be down to mounting fs with noatime This is because for a UNIX mail folder (flat file) the easy check for newness is mtime > atime (i.e. mail has been written since the last read of the file). If the atime never

Re: Strange New mail problem

2008-04-10 Thread Dave Wood
On (02:06 10/04/08), Dave Wood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> put forth the proposition: > I have just imported all my mutt settings from my PC to my laptop. > > Now a strange thing occurs: > > I have new mail marked N > I go into mbox and read mail > I leave mbox - N is gone > I look into another mbox brie

Strange New mail problem

2008-04-09 Thread Dave Wood
I have just imported all my mutt settings from my PC to my laptop. Now a strange thing occurs: I have new mail marked N I go into mbox and read mail I leave mbox - N is gone I look into another mbox briefly and return to browser N appears again for new mail This also happens if for example I clo