From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Feb 5 1: 7:46 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from relay3-gui.server.ntli.net (relay3-gui.server.ntli.net [194.168.4.200]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BFF2737B41A for ; Tue, 5 Feb 2002 01:07:39 -0800 (PST) Received: from pc4-card4-0-cust162.cdf.cable.ntl.com ([80.4.14.162] helo=rhadamanth.private.submonkey.net ident=mailnull) by relay3-gui.server.ntli.net with esmtp (Exim 3.03 #2) id 16Y1Zc-0006K2-00; Tue, 05 Feb 2002 09:07:32 +0000 Received: from setantae by rhadamanth.private.submonkey.net with local (Exim 3.34 #1) id 16Y1Zb-0007fg-00; Tue, 05 Feb 2002 09:07:31 +0000 Date: Tue, 5 Feb 2002 09:07:31 +0000 From: Ceri To: Cliff Sarginson Cc: FreeBSD List Subject: Re: Mutt and read-only mail problem Message-ID: <20020205090731.GD29186@rhadamanth> Mail-Followup-To: Ceri , Cliff Sarginson , FreeBSD List References: <20020204145954.GA1775@raggedclown.net> <20020204174324.GA75325@rhadamanth> <20020204194642.GA56712@raggedclown.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20020204194642.GA56712@raggedclown.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.27i Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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) 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