Raju K. V. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root other 3047603 Aug 28 19:01 mutt*
> -rwxr-sr-x 1 root mail 54665 Aug 28 19:01 mutt_dotlock*
This looks correct.
> -rwxrwxr-x 1 root mail 2694 Aug 28 19:04 /var/mail/root
That's fine, except that your mail file is readable by world! Also, I
don't know why it's executable.
For dot-locking, though, the DIRECTORY needs to have group-write
permissions. The ownership and permissions you show above on
/var/mail/root, should be the exact permissions of /var/mail.
/var/mail/root itself should be root.mail, 660 permissions.
> Also any hint on why mails cannot be sent with mutt? I can send mails
> using pine or elm.
Does your sendmail work? If you run a command line such as
"sendmail -bv root", does it appear that the message will be
delivered correctly?
Since Elm also uses the local sendmail, there is probably something
wrong with the command line that Mutt is generating. Maybe the
dsn_notify (and similar) options are set wrong.
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