Re: Using an SSD with strictatime mount option
On Mon 29 Feb 2016 at 02:09:41 (-1000), Joel Roth wrote:
> Pascal Hambourg wrote:
> > Disclaimer : I do not use mutt nor any SSD yet.
> >
> > Joel Roth a écrit :
> > >
> > > I have debian installed on a single SSD partition,
> > > with ordinary desktop use.
> > >
> > > When I set the strictatime option, mutt accurately shows new
> > > mails arriving. (I'm using mbox format.)
> >
> > Doesn't mutt work with relatime, which is the current kernel default ?
> > The mount(8) man page states that it should.
>
> With mbox and relatime, I get only one notification of new mail
> in a folder. If I quit mutt without reading and start
> again, the indication now longer shows up.
>
> I have filtering in to lots of folders, and have missed
> seeing mail that way.
That's because you haven't unset mail_check_recent and mark_old in muttrc.
Cheers,
David.
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