Subject: re-syncing

From: Philip Hazel <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 2 Dec 1993 16:54:09 +0000 (GMT)

Is there any way one can force Pine to re-sync with the inbox? With the new 
2.5 minute sync interval in Pine 3.88 I find I am getting frustrated when 
my xbiff tells me I have mail, but Pine won't show it to me. It is almost 
worth keeping a dummy message there that one can delete, just for this 
purpose! (I'm happy with the 2.5 minute automatic re-syncing, it's just 
the odd occasion when you want to force things.)

Philip

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From: Andy Poling <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 2 Dec 1993 12:23:23 -0500

> the odd occasion when you want to force things.)

I assume this still works in the latest release...

You can force it to re-check the mailbox for new messages by repeatedly
trying to go to a next message at the end of the index of messages.  I
think it takes 3 or 4 tries.

-Andy

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From: David L Miller <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 2 Dec 1993 09:29:20 -0800 (PST)

Philip,

If you go  to the end of the index and hit 'N' a few times, it will force 
a check.

--DLM

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From: Richard Lee <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 2 Dec 1993 11:39:08 -0500 (CDT)

> the odd occasion when you want to force things.)

	I don't understand all the details, but in general I concur:  I'd
like a way to say "I want to know *now* whether there is any mail
waiting." If I have MAILCHECK set to a low enough value in my environment,
I assume I could find out by trying to *exit* pine and then being told (as
I am trying to exit? or only when I get back to my shell prompt? that
there is mail waiting for me.  But I'd rather not try to exit just to find
if I have any new mail.  If I suspend (^Z) will I find there that mail is
waiting?  And if I "fg" back into pine will it be there immediately, or
might I have to wait up to 2.5 minutes? 

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From: Elmar Kurgpold <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 2 Dec 1993 10:09:24 PST

In 3.87, you can move to the index screen and press  "N" five times and 
it will re-read the inbox.  I haven't built 3.88 yet, but I'm sure the 
developers kept this feature in.

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From: Philip Hazel <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 3 Dec 1993 10:50:01 +0000 (GMT)

> developers kept this feature in.

Thanks to all who replied. I had tried X and N, but didn't think of 
repeating it. Why five?

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From: David L Miller <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 3 Dec 1993 09:13:10 -0800 (PST)

The first two are freebies for the type-ahead-without-counting types, it 
is supposed to trigger on the third one, but sometimes takes four, five 
to be safe :-)  

If you want to save wear on your 'N' key, watch the upper left-hand 
corner of the screen for a '*' indicating a check in progress.