Peter Mickle [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] wrote:
> My Mailbox is /home/london/Mail, and if I create a folder manually (as root)
> in that directory, mutt tells me that it is not a mailbox.
I assume by 'folder' you mean 'directory'. An empty directory is never a
mailbox. An mbox mailbox is a file, and Maildir and MH folders both have
to have control information in the directory to be valid.
> If i try to create a folder from within Mutt, by typing "ESC s" while a
> message is selected, I am first prompted to decode/save the message to:
> =friends (from sender header), when i confirm, i am prompted to create
> /home/london/Mail/friends, and when i confirm, i get the message
> permission denied errno = 13.
Do you have permission to create files in the given directory?
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