Subject: changing frequency pine checks /var/spool/mail/~username for new mail

From: [email-masked] (zinc)
Date: 16 Jun 1995 03:29:49 GMT

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howdy,

i'd like to be able to have pine check for new mail more frequently
than whatever the default is.  i have poured through the man pages and
the .pinerc file and seen no hints about this.  i have also built pine
several times and don't remember this ever being an option.  if anyone
has a spare clue, send it my way..

- -pjf

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anti-first amendment bill.
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From: Mike Brudenell <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 16 Jun 1995 10:10:25 +0100 (BST)

It's #define'd as a constant in one of the include files in the pine/osdep
directory.  Look in the os-XXX.h for your platform for a constant called 
"NEW_MAIL_TIME".  Set it accordingly and recompile.

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On 16 Jun 1995, zinc wrote:

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From: Jean Pierre LeJacq <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 16 Jun 1995 09:11:51 -0400 (EDT)

> several times and don't remember this ever being an option.  if anyone

There is a macro defined in one of the source files (can't remember
which now) that sets the time interval between new mail checks.
You can also use ^N when your in the INBOX index to force a mail
check.

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From: Mike Brudenell <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 16 Jun 1995 16:20:06 +0100 (BST)

Actually, it's *Ctrl/L* to force a new mail check.

(You _can_ also do it by doing "N" several times at the bottom of the 
index, but Ctrl/L is the preferred (and instantaneous) way of forcing a 
check.