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

[Paul Vojta]

On Wed, Aug 24, 2016 at 05:41:25AM +0000, Antonio Radici wrote:
> 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?


I tried it just now with version 1.6.2-1, and 'j' (or 'k', I forget which)
correctly showed new mail.

With version 1.5.21-5ubuntu2.2 on Ubuntu 12.04.5 LTS, 'j' or 'k' or '.'
doesn't find new mail (even though it's there), and '$' reports
"Mailbox is unchanged".  If I read a message and then return to the
Index page then mutt finds the new mail.  (I admit that Ubuntu is not
exactly Debian; I'm just offering this for comparison.)

So I think you can close the bug.  Thanks for looking into this.

--Paul Vojta, vojta at math dot berkeley dot edu