Re: Problem with mutt and "N" message flag
* Hall Stevenson (hallstevenson@mindspring.com) [020818 11:42]:
> * Jeffrey Chimene (use@reply.to) [020818 11:17]:
> > Hall:
> >
> > You mentioned you use a mailbox watcher; the mutt documentation sez:
> >
> > Note: new mail is detected by comparing the last modification time to
> > the last access time. Utilities like biff or frm or any other program
> > which accesses the mailbox might cause Mutt to never detect new mail
> > for that mailbox if they do not properly reset the access time.
> > Backup tools are another common reason for updated access times.
>
> Good point... I recall this being brought up before too. I'm currently
> switching between my old, familiar Enlightenment, with no mailbox
> watcher, and Sawfish, which has one in the gnome panel. I'll see how it
> goes with E and no "watcher" for a while.
I turned off the mail-checker-applet and mutt seemed to behave much
better... :-) I think I now know the culprit.
Hall
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