Re: mutt: how to change new mail checking frequency (solved)

2001-03-11 Thread Mirko Parthey
On Sat, Mar 10, 2001 at 10:54:38PM +0100, Mirko Parthey wrote: > mail_check doesn't have the effect I would expect: > When a message has been delivered to /var/mail/mpa, mutt takes about > 10 minutes to notice the new mail, despite mail_check being set to small > values such as 5 or 1 (seconds). >

mutt: how to change new mail checking frequency

2001-03-10 Thread Mirko Parthey
Hi, mail_check doesn't have the effect I would expect: When a message has been delivered to /var/mail/mpa, mutt takes about 10 minutes to notice the new mail, despite mail_check being set to small values such as 5 or 1 (seconds). Pressing ^L makes mutt notice new mail immediately, but I'd rather li