On Thu 28 Oct 2021 at 16:16:58 (+0200), Hans wrote: > Am Donnerstag, 28. Oktober 2021, 15:38:34 CEST schrieb Greg Wooledge: > [ … ] This is step-by-step what I do: > > Starting mutt from the commandline as normal user. Mutt in ncurses appears. > Now I want to mark and delete all mails. I press Shift+D, then it asks the > for > the sample and I press . (dot) and * (asterix). > > By pressing the "Enter" key all mails are marked ND+. > > Now pressing "q" (for quit) and it asks me "20 as deletion marked mails > delete? ([yes]/no):" (Note, I have a German environment, so it asks me in > German. This sentence a translated by me). > > I answer yes, and it appears "temporary file could not be created". > > Pressing again "q" and now answer "no", mutt closes. > > Does this help?
Two possibilities spring to mind: 3.349. trash Type: path Default: (empty) If set, this variable specifies the path of the trash folder where the mails marked for deletion will be moved, instead of being irremediably purged. NOTE: When you delete a message in the trash folder, it is really deleted, so that you have a way to clean the trash. You've specified the trash in a place you can't write to, and, a little less likely: 3.56. delete Type: quadoption Default: ask-yes Controls whether or not messages are really deleted when closing or synchronizing a mailbox. If set to yes, messages marked for deleting will automatically be purged without prompting. If set to no, messages marked for deletion will be kept in the mailbox. Cheers, David.
