Re: lynx-dev does anyone else see this nit?

[dickey]

> 
> Amazingly enough Henry Nelson said: 
> > On a similar theme, when procmail is being used to deliver mail to various 
> > mailboxes, then the newmail feature doesn't apply unless something should 
> > arrive in the system default mailbox.  Is there nothing that can be done 
> > about that? 
>  
> This seems to me to be a case of creaping featurism. 

not really -- I'll have to check but it sounds as if the code simply isn't
checking if the mail file's modification time or size has changed.  (Or
misconfiguration - I have mail all the time but Lynx doesn't nag me about it)
  
> There are other tools better suited to letter users on a terminal know 
> about new mail. 
>  
> Personally I would think that this feature should be removed (does it even 
> work on VMS?) and leave the work to tools specifically designed for such a 
> job. 
>  
> mrc 
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