mu4e is not calling mbsync
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BobKoss · 2022-05-10 11:41

To get my email, while in the mu4e-main buffer, I have to type U, then
wait for email to be downloaded, then J i to see the new headers. I
have:

     mu4e-get-mail-command "mbsync -a"
     mu4e-update-interval 600

Having to type U is a small price to pay for being able to deal with
email in Emacs, but I know I shouldn't have to do this.

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dboneham-reddit · 2022-05-10 12:03

I have set up a user unit file which runs mbsync at start-up, and also
at periodic intervals. I can set out the details if you like...

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AblatedSprocket · 2022-05-10 12:11

Anything show up in your warnings buffer?

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BobKoss · 2022-05-10 13:12

Do you mean \*Messages\* ? Nothing having to do with fetching mail.

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BobKoss · 2022-05-10 13:14

Shouldn't have to do that. M-x mu4e should call mbsync and do it
repeatedly every mu4e-update-interval.

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7890yuiop · 2022-05-10 14:04

`M-x list-timers` shows me:

    200.87     5.00 #f(compiled-function () #<bytecode 0x155d606146b5>
[mu4e-index-update-in-background mu4e-update-mail-and-index])

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mclearc · 2022-05-10 14:19

Odd bug. Have you double-checked that these variables are set properly
after mu4e has loaded? I know that my setup sometimes would give me
issues with finding mbsync so I have:

```emacs-lisp
  (setq mu4e-get-mail-command (concat (executable-find "mbsync") "
-a"))
```

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BobKoss · 2022-05-10 14:53

The plot thickens. I don't have a running timer. Which begs the
question, why not?

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BobKoss · 2022-05-10 14:55

C-h v mu4e-get-mail-command is "mbsync -a"

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mclearc · 2022-05-10 15:02

Yeah -- odd. Looks like the thing to do is see if you still have the
problem with a minimal working example + emacs -q. If so it might be a
genuine bug (though I'm not seeing it in my rig with emacs 29, mu, and
mbsync). Otherwise you'll have to bisect your config.

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Extension_Try_6870 · 2022-05-10 19:56

(use-package mu4e
  :straight (:host github
             :repo "djcb/mu"
             ;; FIXME: branch master does not work
             :branch "release/1.6"
             :files ("mu4e/*")
             :pre-build (("./autogen.sh") ("make")))
  :custom   (mu4e-mu-binary (expand-file-name "mu/mu"
  (straight--repos-dir "mu")))
  :config
  (setq mu4e-update-interval (* 10 60))
  (setq mu4e-get-mail-command "mbsync -a")
  (setq mu4e-maildir "~/Mail"))

This is what I have in my init.el
Not sure if this is going to help.
I'm running emacs 28.

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BobKoss · 2022-05-11 10:55

Thanks. I will try that today.

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BobKoss · 2022-05-12 16:38

I may have found the culprit. I'm using Doom Emacs. In init.el, I had:

>:email
>
> (mu4e +org +gmail)
>
>
>
>And now I have
>
>(mu4e +gmail)

mu4e is calling mbsync now.

No idea why.