Date: Tue, 5 Feb 2002 09:07:31 +0000 From: Ceri <setantae@submonkey.net> To: Cliff Sarginson <cliff@raggedclown.net> Cc: FreeBSD List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Mutt and read-only mail problem Message-ID: <20020205090731.GD29186@rhadamanth> In-Reply-To: <20020204194642.GA56712@raggedclown.net> References: <20020204145954.GA1775@raggedclown.net> <20020204174324.GA75325@rhadamanth> <20020204194642.GA56712@raggedclown.net>
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On Mon, Feb 04, 2002 at 08:46:42PM +0100, Cliff Sarginson wrote: > On Mon, Feb 04, 2002 at 05:43:24PM +0000, Ceri wrote: > > On Mon, Feb 04, 2002 at 03:59:54PM +0100, Cliff Sarginson wrote: > > > Hello, > > > A few days agao someone posted a reply to this problem mutt > > > displays of saying "read-only" mail file, can whoever replied remind > > > me (I have looked, but not found)... > > > > It was me. > > The version of mutt that you get in the 4.3 ports tree (and the OpenBSD > > 2.7 one) has a bug where it doesn't install the mutt_dotlock helper app, > > so can't lock the mailbox. > > > > The fix : use a different version. > > > Except... > > Mutt 1.3.27i (2002-01-22) <snip> Ah, well that's not the same problem then. Worked for the OP, so make sure that you do have mutt_dotlock (it's a seperate executable), and if it ain't that, then it's probably permissions in your case. Ceri -- keep a mild groove on To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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