Mutt using IMAP - polling?

Is it possible to have Mutt poll for new emails when it is reading an
IMAP server? Or do you have to restat Mutt each time to see the new
mails?

I told it to watch the IMAP folder but nothing happens.

Anthony

On Jul 4, 10:25 am, Anthony Campbell <a...@acampbell.org.uk> wrote:
> Is it possible to have Mutt poll for new emails when it is reading an
> IMAP server? Or do you have to restat Mutt each time to see the new
> mails?
>
> I told it to watch the IMAP folder but nothing happens.
>
> Anthony

I'm currently looking for a solution to this problem as well. All
I've found so far is that you can use $ to "update" your mailbox -
purging any mail marked for deletion, and retrieving any new mail from
the server.

* ssorrell, 2008-08-01 17:11 UTC:
>> Is it possible to have Mutt poll for new emails when it is reading an
>> IMAP server? Or do you have to restat Mutt each time to see the new
>> mails?
>>
>> I told it to watch the IMAP folder but nothing happens.

> I'm currently looking for a solution to this problem as well.

See mutt manual,
3. Configuration
13. Monitoring incoming mail
Usage: [un]mailboxes folder [ folder ... ]

I use something like

set folder=imaps://imap.example.com/
set spoolfile=imaps://imap.example.com/INBOX
mailboxes !
mailboxes +somebox
mailboxes +otherbox

Works fine.

Eike

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