Re: new mail not visible in mail readers
On Sun, Apr 11, 1999 at 02:26:01PM +1000, Alan Eugene Davis wrote:
>
> I have been having a problem that when I fetch my mail using
> fetchmail, the new messages do not always appear, at least
> immediately. Sometimes, I have to run fetchmail a second time, then
> a few messages appear, and as I delete messages, new messages begin
> showing at the tail end of the buffer.
>
> I use mutt, but with af the mail isn't visible either.
>
> Any ideas? Could a lagging system clock cause such a problem?
No, the mail does not immediately go into the mail folders. Incoming
mail sits in a queue for a few minutes. If you don't want to wait, run
the 'runq' command. Depending on our MTA, you may have to be root to do
this.
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