> From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> John P. Looney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on Mon, 15 Nov 1999:
> > I'm using 1.1.1 and 1.0, and both are giving me the same problems.
>
> I had to read your message twice before I noticed the error in the
> Subject line. I think I read somewhere some sort of hints for email
> writing which included the suggestion "never assume the reader has read
> the subject line". Seems to be true enough.
No worries. First two times I read your email address, my brain translated
it to "Mikka Hakkinen".
> Enabling flock will likely not help with fcntl problems, even if I don't
> know that much about file locking. You could try --disable-fcntl in
> addition to --enable-flock. (That's how I compile my Mutt, anyway.)
> On the other hand, depending on what file locking methods your MDA uses,
> this could be dangerous and you could lose mail.
I stuck this in, and it worked fine!
> > Why is it trying to make locks, if I'm using IMAP ?
> Because it likely is trying to access your default incoming spool
> folder, which it thinks is local (/var/spool/mail/<username> or
> something, probably).
> Try setting $spoolfile in your .muttrc, eg
> set spoolfile={gpo}inbox
Tried that, and it didn't seem to work. So I recompiled it with
--with-homespool={gpo}inbox and it works fine! Once I beat this
procmail/qmail thing into submission, I'll be a happy camper.
Kate
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