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Hi all,

could standard mutt update the mailboxes periodically, so that I can
stay there and see when a new mail arrived at any mailbox.

A similar thing would be, when I enter a mailbox, delete all mails there
(or just read them, so it gets moved), and exit, the mailbox size is not
updated as well (not 0 as it should).

thanks a lot for any hints,

calmar


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Check the manual for the 'mailboxes' keyword.


I'm not entirely sure what you're asking here. Do you mean the mails don't
actually get deleted from the mailbox?

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Hi Paul,


I checked the manual again, without success unfortunately.


Yeah, no precise description, sorry, I try again:

on this view:
http://www.yqcomputer.com/

I want to stay and when a new mail arrives into on of those boxes, I
want that mutt updates the size of the folder there, so I see: 'oh, new
mail arrived'.

It would also be great when mutt scans the boxes automatically
periodically in this 'view'.

Then I can enter the box do the work and go back into this 'mailbox-view'.

Cheers,
calmar

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* calmar (2006-03-14):

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Check out $timeout, e.g. "set timeout=5"

-Andre

Hi Andre,


timeout seems to work only 'inside' a mailbox here unfortunately. I
have it already.

thanks a lot anyway!
calmar

PS: maybe I have to get a patch for mutt, folderview or so. there it
might work (really not what I wanted so)



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* calmar (2006-03-14):


Oh, I see what you mean. mutt cannot update anything in "your" view,
to my best knowledge.


Check out the sidebar-patch; included in mutt-ng

-Andre

Hi Andre,


Thanks a lot for the valuable Info,

I check out your hints.

cheers
calmar

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Ah. Sorry, I misunderstood. The folder-view is static once it's created, I
think; you might find a patch somewhere. If you're inside a mailbox, then
mutt will tell you if you have new mail and where, though, so it's not much
of a limitation... ;-)

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Hi all,

yeah I see, the status line mentiones new mails in other boxes, and
there is also the pop-up quick status message (or however this is
called).

Thanks a lot all,
calmar

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