mutt ignores commands when new mail arrives

[mpm]

Mutt will abort the execution of various commands when new mail arrives in an mbox.

[Seth Arnold]

Added by email2trac

[Seth Arnold]

On Thu, Aug 23, 2007 at 10:57:43PM -0000, Mutt wrote:
> #2946: mutt ignores commands when new mail arrives
> 
>  Mutt will abort the execution of various commands when new mail arrives in
>  an mbox.

I only ever notice this when trying to change folders -- then I consider
this a feature. What other commands, out of curiosity?

[mpm]

Quit, expunge, change folders, probably others.

I have a folder (LKML) which basically -always- has new mail so I always hit this feature, sometime multiple times in a row. I'd much rather Mutt just do what I told it to do.

[Vincent Lefevre]

On 2007-08-23 16:21:48 -0700, Seth Arnold wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 23, 2007 at 10:57:43PM -0000, Mutt wrote:
> > #2946: mutt ignores commands when new mail arrives
> > 
> >  Mutt will abort the execution of various commands when new mail arrives in
> >  an mbox.
> 
> I only ever notice this when trying to change folders -- then I consider
> this a feature. What other commands, out of curiosity?

I remember seeing that when I wanted to synchronize and quit Mutt
(in a backup mailbox). This was a problem as I was receiving messages
very often.