This may be a terminal problem. Try running mutt from an xterm.
On 2000-02-14 15:23:57 -0500, Scott A. McIntyre wrote:
> Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2000 15:23:57 -0500
> From: "Scott A. McIntyre" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Organization: WHOI
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: IMAP, Irix, 1.13i, random index listings and deletions.
>
> Hi.
>
> I've been trying to convert to Mutt for my primary mail client and on a
> linux box this is working out just fine. However, on my SGI running
> irix 6.5.5, I've noticed disturbing behaviour, and don't know where to
> point.
>
> The symptom is that the index will display message information for
> messages which do not correspond to the contents of that message. For
> example, it may say that I have email from [EMAIL PROTECTED], with a subject
> of "Hi there" but when I press return, I am given the contents of an
> entirely different message.
>
> The problem comes when I try to delete; I'm not sure which is actually
> getting deleted. Sometimes it's what the index reports, sometimes it's
> what the pager reports. This is frustrating...and I've now accidentally
> lost some things I wish I hadn't lost.
>
> I have not been able to pin down what triggers it, it's not every
> message, or only messages from certain locations, basically, it's (at
> this point) random.
>
> This is all whilst using IMAP, I should add. Again, it works
> (apparently) fine from my Linux box at home (mind you, at work, mutt
> immediately coredumps, but that's another problem).
>
> Ideas?
>
> Scott
>
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