Brian Butler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> In this case, though, something is definitely not going right because
> the length of the mailbox file does not change and the messages which
> were flagged deleted are still listed and available in the same
> mailbox.
>
> Also, when the request is to 'c'hange mailbox, it never gets to the
> new one.
Hmm, so it really looks like the operation was aborted, especially since
you can't change away from the folder.
Is Mutt running out of temporary-file space? Is /tmp big enough to hold
the modified mailbox contents? Mutt can't just write directly over the
old folder, you know. It needs to copy the modified messages to a
temporary folder, then copy that temp folder back to the spool file.
Mutt used to just lose mail when it encountered an out-of-space
condition. I'm happy to see that it's aborting properly, and not losing
mail anymore. But it would be nice to see a message...
So, is it an out-of-temp-space condition? You can probably use a
filesystem with more space, by setting the environment variable TMPDIR
to point to a directory with more space available, such as $HOME or
/var/tmp or wherever you can find some room. This might help test the
theory.
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