Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Mon, 12 Feb 2007 17:55:26 +0000 | From | Jörn Engel <> | Subject | Re: Documenting MS_RELATIME |
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On Mon, 12 February 2007 18:49:39 +0100, Jan Engelhardt wrote: > On Feb 12 2007 10:40, Dave Jones wrote: > > > >The one problem with noatime is that mutt's 'new mail arrived' breaks > > Just why does not it use mtime then to check for New Mail Arrived, like > bash does?
Just a guess: because it has to compare the time?
Bash can simply compare mtime of (single) mailbox with time of last login. Mutt would have to compare mtime of (many) mailboxes with... I believe with atime of mailboxes.
Jörn
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