 | | From: | inkedmn at gmail.com | | Subject: | IMAP auto-polling | | Date: | 13 Dec 2004 12:14:55 -0800 |
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 | Sorry for the barrage of IMAP questions, this should be the last one
(but I make no guarantees :D)...
>From everything I've read in the mutt manual, it should be able to
automatically poll my imap server for new mail. I've got the following
values in .muttrc:
set timeout = 60
set mail_check = 5
I also have a key mapped to imap-fetch-mail (G); if I press this key,
it gets any new mail, but this is the only way I've been able to get it
to show my new mail in mutt. In short, mutt doesn't appear to be
polling automatically for new mail.
Is there another value I have to set in .muttrc? I've googled
repeatedly and the only thing I've found was the imap-fetch-mail
keybinding thing...
Thanks!
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| | From: | inkedmn at gmail.com | | Subject: | Re: IMAP auto-polling | | Date: | 13 Dec 2004 14:02:18 -0800 |
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| Yep, it's official - I'm retarded...
I had all of my INBOX.* folders defined as mailboxes, but not my INBOX
folder.
Thanks :)
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| | From: | Christopher Nehren | | Subject: | Re: IMAP auto-polling | | Date: | 13 Dec 2004 21:27:34 GMT |
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On 2004-12-13, inkedmn@gmail.com scribbled these
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> Is there another value I have to set in .muttrc? I've googled
> repeatedly and the only thing I've found was the imap-fetch-mail
> keybinding thing...
macro index \cx "!fetchmail\n" "Use fetchmail(1) to fetch new mail."
Modify the binding to taste, and then write "Mutt is not an MTA or an
MDA. Mutt is an MUA." 1k times on a suitable medium.
Best Regards,
Christopher Nehren
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I abhor a system designed for the "user", if that word is a coded
pejorative meaning "stupid and unsophisticated". -- Ken Thompson
If you ask the wrong questions, you get answers like "42" and "God".
Unix is user friendly. However, it isn't idiot friendly.
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| | From: | Brendan Cully | | Subject: | Re: IMAP auto-polling | | Date: | Mon, 13 Dec 2004 21:46:52 GMT |
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| Christopher Nehren writes:
> On 2004-12-13, inkedmn@gmail.com scribbled these
> curious markings:
> > Is there another value I have to set in .muttrc? I've googled
> > repeatedly and the only thing I've found was the imap-fetch-mail
> > keybinding thing...
>
> macro index \cx "!fetchmail\n" "Use fetchmail(1) to fetch new mail."
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> Modify the binding to taste, and then write "Mutt is not an MTA or an
> MDA. Mutt is an MUA." 1k times on a suitable medium.
And then write "IMAP is not POP" a thousand times :)
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| | From: | Brendan Cully | | Subject: | Re: IMAP auto-polling | | Date: | Mon, 13 Dec 2004 21:45:59 GMT |
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| "inkedmn@gmail.com" writes:
> Sorry for the barrage of IMAP questions, this should be the last one
> (but I make no guarantees :D)...
>
> >From everything I've read in the mutt manual, it should be able to
> automatically poll my imap server for new mail. I've got the following
> values in .muttrc:
>
> set timeout = 60
> set mail_check = 5
>
> I also have a key mapped to imap-fetch-mail (G); if I press this key,
> it gets any new mail, but this is the only way I've been able to get it
> to show my new mail in mutt. In short, mutt doesn't appear to be
> polling automatically for new mail.
>
> Is there another value I have to set in .muttrc? I've googled
> repeatedly and the only thing I've found was the imap-fetch-mail
> keybinding thing...
Sounds like you haven't defined the mailboxes with the 'mailboxes'
command. Look at the bottom of http://mutt.sourceforge.net/imap/
for more preemptive answers.
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| | From: | inkedmn at gmail.com | | Subject: | Re: IMAP auto-polling | | Date: | 13 Dec 2004 13:39:15 -0800 |
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| I'm not sure I understand you correctly...
The mail is being delivered to the imap folders in a timely fashion
(I'm watching the mail.log file during all of this), it's just not
displaying in mutt (unless I tell it to via the imap-fetch-mail key).
I don't think it's a matter of actually retrieving mail from anywhere,
just refreshing the index in mutt (automagically).
Am I way off?
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| | From: | Christopher Nehren | | Subject: | Re: IMAP auto-polling | | Date: | 13 Dec 2004 22:28:08 GMT |
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On 2004-12-13, inkedmn@gmail.com scribbled these
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> Am I way off?
Yes, in that you're attempting to use Mutt to fetch your mail, when
there are infinitely better tools available to do the job. I'm getting a
sneaking suspicion that you're not using a Unix system (furthered by
your usage of Google Groups instead of a real news solution), and thus
fetchmail and the like aren't available to you.
Also, please, please, *please* quote article text to which you're
responding, give proper attributions, and post your responses *below*
the text to which you're responding. I'm *guessing* that you posted the
article to which I'm responding in response to what I suggested (slrn
shows me my article when I ask for your article's parent header). I
shouldn't have to make that guess. It should be completely explicit.
These simple niceties (which are the default when you use a Real
Newsreader[1]) make Usenet much easier and enjoyable for all.
1: The definition of which is left as an exercise for the reader, but
note that it does not contain anything related to the web or anything
with 'Outlook' in the name.
Best Regards,
Christopher Nehren
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--
I abhor a system designed for the "user", if that word is a coded
pejorative meaning "stupid and unsophisticated". -- Ken Thompson
If you ask the wrong questions, you get answers like "42" and "God".
Unix is user friendly. However, it isn't idiot friendly.
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