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List:       mutt-users
Subject:    Re: snow leopard and mailboxes (and arrow keys)
From:       John Velman <velman () cox ! net>
Date:       2010-04-13 22:07:18
Message-ID: 20100413220718.GA9033 () cox ! net
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Snow Leopard and Mailboxes -- solved!

Currently in Snow Leopard, the access time is set for a while when
spotlight indexes it.  Which it does every time it is modified (with some
latency).   So when Mutt compares access and modification times for
mailboxes, they are generally the same.

Using the privacy preferences on spotlight I set my Mail folder to not be
indexed.

Now, at least after a first try!, my mailboxes notices seem to work.

Best,

John V.


On Mon, Apr 12, 2010 at 09:30:19AM -0700, John Velman wrote:
> I installed Snow Leopard over the weekend, with upgrades to 10.6.3.
> 
> Now my mailboxes command doesn't work.  Looks like something funny Snow
> Leopard is doing with access times.  For example:
> 
> jrv:Mail jr$ ls -lt list.haskell-cafe
> -rw-------  1 jr  staff  3662981 Apr 12 09:04 list.haskell-cafe
> jrv:Mail jr$ ls -ltu list.haskell-cafe
> -rw-------  1 jr  staff  3662981 Apr 12 09:04 list.haskell-cafe
> 
> and
> 
> jrv:Mail jr$ ls -lt list.xcode-users 
> -rw-------  1 jr  staff  963539 Apr 12 09:12 list.xcode-users
> jrv:Mail jr$ ls -ltu list.xcode-users 
> -rw-------  1 jr  staff  963539 Apr 12 09:12 list.xcode-users
> 
> Has anyone got a workaround for this?
> 
> 
> 
> I'm using the apple Terminal app, with the "declare terminal as
> xterm-color" (as I had it before).  The arrow keys no longer work either in
> the display of mail subjects, or in the command line for previous searches,
> saves, and so on.
> 
> However, the arrow keys do work in the terminal itself (to retrieve
> previous commands, for example, or to edit a command).  
> 
> Any suggestions?
> 
> Oh, also, under previous OS X 10.5 (up to 10.5.8) for the last couple years
> I was using mutt-1.5.17.  After installing 10.6.3 I downloaded, compiled,
> and installed mutt-1.5.20 (with no options when I ran ./config).
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> John V.
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