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List:       mutt-users
Subject:    Re: mutt stopped showing mboxes with new mail
From:       Michael Tatge <Michael.Tatge () web ! de>
Date:       2005-11-29 15:42:00
Message-ID: 20051129154200.GA5061 () init0 ! homeunix ! org
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* On Tue, Nov 29, 2005 Ken Dyke (ken_i_m@elegantinnovations.net) muttered:
> I set up a back-up server to rsync /home every night.  Now mutt does not
> seem interested in showing me which mboxes have gotten new mail since
> the last time I viewed that particular mbox.

If that process modifies atime and or mtime mutt can't tell whether a
mbox has new mail unless compiled with --enable-buffy-size.
Default new mail detection with mbox uses that atime differs from mtime.

HTH,

Michael
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