synthpunk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> I sent this once and didn't get a single reply. I'm wondering if it went
> through.
I guess we're just a little slow. Please accept a full refund of your
support contract price. :)
> I installed slang, compiled mutt and installed it underneath my home
> directory. the dotlock program, mutt and the Muttrc are in place with
> prefix=/usr/home/hypnotik ..
Why do you have a dotlock program? The main function of the dotlock
program is to assume extra privileges needed to lock files in
directories that you do not have write access to (such as, say,
/var/mail). If you have your own personal copy of the dotlock program,
it almost certainly doesn't have any more privileges than you do.
> <loads up fine, but even with TWO mails in my mail file mutt shows no
> mails. it just displays the menu bar and the status bar. I exit normally.>
Perhaps Mutt was unable to lock the mailbox, but that fact is being
hidden from you, for some reason. Is dot-locking even required on your
system? What are the permissions of /var/mail?
If dot-locking is required, you will need a system administrator to
install the dotlock program with the appropriate privileges in order to
read your mail from /var/mail.
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