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Re: Mutt 1.4-1 opens mbox read only
- From: "Guy L. Oliver" <oliverg at BATTELLE dot ORG>
- To: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Wed, 24 Jul 2002 09:21:28 -0400
- Subject: Re: Mutt 1.4-1 opens mbox read only
Jens,
On Mon, Jul 22, 2002 at 10:20:49PM +0200, Jens Schuessler wrote:
> > I've compiled Mutt now with --enable-dotlock=NO
>
> IMO, the above is a bad idea because you are defeating one
> of the standard ways to lock a file to prevent corruption if
> there are multiple writers (e.g., mutt and procmail).
I ended up recompiling with out dotlock my self, because I
found that regardless of permissions on the mail file and
its directory ( I belive I tried all possible combos) I
couldnt get things to work right with dotlock on. My
problem was different, but there you have it. course, i'd
love to be proven wrong. :-)
> If you get a "5" (instead of "0"), then the permissions of
> /var/spool/mail are not correct.
>
> Please try running mutt_dotlock -t on your mbox. Does it
> indicate incorrect permissions?
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