[Pkg-mutt-maintainers] Bug#688448: mutt: new mail in INBOX doesn't show up when I do '.'

[Antonio Radici]

tag 688448 +moreinfo
thanks

On Sat, Sep 22, 2012 at 11:45:12AM -0700, Paul Vojta wrote:
> Package: mutt
> Version: 1.5.21-6.2
> Severity: normal
> 
> Dear Maintainer,
> 
> When I'm reading INBOX, new mail arriving in INBOX doesn't show up
> when I do '.' (or 'j' or 'k').  It only shows up after I read some other
> message and then return to the list of messages.  (I generally don't use
> mutt for reading other mailboxes, but I suspect that it happens with
> any other mailbox in place of INBOX.)

Hi there,
have you tried to use '$'? in that case you should see new email.

I'm not sure if we should expect new email when we move down the pager, can you
clarify if this behavior was working correctly before 1.5.21? Do you notice any
difference if you use 1.6.2?