mutt/procmail mailbox modification times

[Todd Slater]

On 12/3/05, David Hart <ubuntu at tonix.org> wrote:
> On Sat, Dec 03, 2005 at 09:19:52AM -0500, Todd Slater wrote:
<snip>
> > Here I'm using a fresh install of breezy and I don't have any problem
> > with my fetchmail/postfix/mutt maildir setup. I build mutt from source
> > for the trash patch.
>
> The laptop I'm using now (on which I noticed the problems) is a
> fresh install of breezy.  I've used postfix/mutt/procmail since
> debian/potato so I'm not really a newcomer to it.
>
> What's the trash patch?

It's a trash folder so when you delete messages they are not
immediately purged and forever lost but sent to your trash folder.
http://cedricduval.free.fr/mutt/patches/#trash

> > As far as indexing my  mails with beagle, I do have that working
> > without modifying times or read status. I just added my Maildirs as
> > roots to beagle and it works pretty well. I haven't figured out how to
> > get beagle to use the subject in the search results, instead it uses
> > the file name.
>
> I think maybe it's because you're using maildir that you're ok.
> I use mbox.  It's worked for me so far (on my personal mailboxes)
> and I find it more compatible with 'greping' (although I've used
> maildir on servers).

Yeah, I forgot your were using mbox.

Todd