On Mon, Sep 20, 1999 at 05:33:04PM -0500, David DeSimone wrote:
> 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.
Does mutt use TMPDIR? I have TMPDIR set to /var/tmp but it writes messages
into /tmp. I do not know about the mailbox as above.
Cheers, Brian.
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