mutt/procmail mailbox modification times

[Tom Marshall]

> I've done a bit more testing to try to narrow this down.
> 
> I built procmail-3.22 from the source at procmail.org to see if
> anything in the latest debian/ubuntu patches was causing a problem
> but the problem is still there.
> 
> I've configured Mutt/Procmail on a virgin Breezy install to see if
> it's anything that I've done on my laptop that's causing trouble -
> still the same.
> 
> Finally, I reinstalled Hoary on a spare box and - everything works
> perfectly.
> 
> So it seems there is a bug introduced with Breezy that breaks Mutt
> with mbox mailboxes (I don't know whether it would affect maildir)
> that doesn't seem to involve Procmail.
> 
> I'm surprised that with the number of Mutt users on this list that
> nobody else has confirmed this yet as visiting two dozen or more
> mailboxes to check for new mail makes Mutt virtually unusable.
> 
> I'm at a loss now where to look for the problem.  Can anyone confirm
> or deny this or, better still, point me in the direction of a fix?

WorksForMe:

My workstation at work is a clean breezy install (not upgrade) and new mail
folder notification works great using mutt + fetchmail + mailfilter.