Date: Tue, 5 Feb 2002 11:02:00 +0100 From: Cliff Sarginson <cliff@raggedclown.net> To: FreeBSD List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Cc: Ceri <setantae@raggedclown.net> Subject: Re: Mutt and read-only mail problem Message-ID: <20020205100200.GA836@raggedclown.net> In-Reply-To: <20020205090731.GD29186@rhadamanth> References: <20020204145954.GA1775@raggedclown.net> <20020204174324.GA75325@rhadamanth> <20020204194642.GA56712@raggedclown.net> <20020205090731.GD29186@rhadamanth>
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On Tue, Feb 05, 2002 at 09:07:31AM +0000, Ceri wrote: > 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. > It is clearly permissions, but they have not changed. Is solved by changing the permissions, but it's still a mystery. -- Regards Cliff To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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