+</p></div><div class="sect1" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a id="handling-folders"></a>9. Handling multiple folders</h2></div></div></div><p>
+Mutt supports setups with multiple folders, allowing all of them to
+be monitored for new mail (see <a class="xref" href="configuration.html#mailboxes" title="14. Monitoring Incoming Mail">Section 14, “Monitoring Incoming Mail”</a> for details).
+</p><p>
+When in the index menu and being idle (also see
+<a class="link" href="reference.html#timeout" title="3.291. timeout">$timeout</a>), Mutt periodically checks
+for new mail in all folders which have been configured via the
+<span class="command"><strong>mailboxes</strong></span> command. The interval depends on the folder
+type: for local/IMAP folders it consults
+<a class="link" href="reference.html#mail-check" title="3.118. mail_check">$mail_check</a> and
+<a class="link" href="reference.html#pop-checkinterval" title="3.187. pop_checkinterval">$pop_checkinterval</a>
+for POP folders.
+</p><p>
+Outside the index menu the directory browser supports checking
+for new mail using the <code class="literal"><check-new></code> function which is
+unbound by default. Pressing TAB will bring up a
+menu showing the files specified by the <span class="command"><strong>mailboxes</strong></span> command,
+and indicate which contain new messages. Mutt will automatically enter this
+mode when invoked from the command line with the <code class="literal">-y</code> option.
+</p><p>
+For the pager, index and directory browser menus, Mutt contains the
+<code class="literal"><buffy-list></code> function (bound to “<span class="quote">.</span>” by default)
+which will print a list of folders with new mail in the command line at
+the bottom of the screen.
+</p><p>
+For the index, by default Mutt displays the number of mailboxes with new
+mail in the status bar, please refer to the
+<a class="link" href="reference.html#status-format" title="3.282. status_format">$status_format</a>
+variable for details.
+</p><p>
+When changing folders, Mutt fills the prompt with the first folder from
+the mailboxes list containing new mail (if any), pressing
+<span class="emphasis"><em>space</em></span> will cycle through folders with new mail.
+</p></div><div class="sect1" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a id="editing-threads"></a>10. Editing Threads</h2></div></div></div><p>