Hi folks.
I'm new to mutt, so don't jump on me, please.
The advantage is that I have no complicated .muttrc you might
have to scan for errors.
I've startet mutt on a RedHat 5.2 system (the usual mutt RPM
is installed there) and read my mail. When finished, I hit 'q'
to quit mutt and was aksed wether I feel the urge to save read mail
to ~/mbox. I said 'y' and hit return.
The problem was that my quota was exceeded and ~/mbox could not
be filled. (yet it was possible to create it since my inode quota
was okay) The result was that mutt quitted and left BOTH the mbox
AND /var/spool/mail/$USER emtpy. My mails were lost.
I've tested a little more. This also happens when ~/mbox already
exists. I guess it also happens when the disk is full, not only
when your quota is reached. I don't know wether it happens if
~/mbox can not be created.
I considure this a bug. If it's an old one I'm sorry. I've
read the mutt FAQ by Fefe and the mutt fixes page by guckes. Didn't
find it there.
Greetings,
Andy
mutt -v:
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Mutt 0.93.2 (1998-07-29)
Copyright (C) 1996-8 Michael R. Elkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Mutt comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; for details type `mutt -vv'.
Mutt is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it
under certain conditions; type `mutt -vv' for details.
System: Linux 2.0.36 [using slang 9938]
Compile options:
-DOMAIN
-HIDDEN_HOST -HOMESPOOL -USE_SETGID -USE_DOTLOCK +USE_FCNTL -USE_FLOCK
+USE_IMAP +USE_POP +HAVE_REGCOMP -USE_GNU_RX +HAVE_COLOR -BUFFY_SIZE
-EXACT_ADDRESS
SENDMAIL="/usr/sbin/sendmail"
MAILPATH="/var/spool/mail"
SHAREDIR="/etc"
ISPELL="/usr/bin/ispell"
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Andreas Jaekel, UNIX System Administration, Alcatel SEL Berlin
Phone: +49 30 7002 4720 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
