[Gllug] Mutt

[Thom May]

* Xander D Harkness (xander at harkness.co.uk) wrote :
> I have the following line in my .muttrc:
> set mail_check=2                # how often to poll for new mail
> 
> However mutt does not seem to reliably check and advise my of new mail.  I am used to pine where as soon as the spool file is touched it will shout at me.  
> 
> I am not trying to start a holy war but was wondering if there was something that I was missing.  I only seem to get notified of new mail as I move between mailboxes which is not great when it sits in the background while I am doing other work :-)
> 
Well, I have a few points:
are 'set beep_new' and 'set check_new' in your muttrc?
also, what is 'timeout' set to?

-Thom

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