mailbox.mbox.add() sets access time as well as modification time

Fri Apr 24 13:44:02 EDT 2009

In message <gtudnRY7tapPU2zUnZ2dnUVZ_h6dnZ2d at posted.visi>, Grant Edwards 
wrote:

> AFAIK, atime<mtime has been the "standard" way to determine when an mbox
> contains new mail for at least 20 years.

Doesn't apply to maildir though, does it?

Updating atime adds a lot of filesystem overhead; that's why the relatime 
option was invented <http://lwn.net/Articles/244829/>. But better still is 
not to bother.