Vincent Lefevre writes:
> The first time I configured mutt 1.2, it said that /var/mail wasn't
> world-writable. I had to configure it a second time (after cleaning)!
> This problem has already happened with mutt 1.1.x.
So why didn't you report it with all the details necessary to fix it?
> And I still don't see why Mutt looks at /var/mail since in general,
> I don't use it (all my mail is stored to my $HOME directory).
I'd say configure cannot guess how the MTA on your system is configured.
Or is it just your personal setup?
Have you tried
--with-mailpath=DIR Directory where spool mailboxes are located
Or have you any other suggestions how to fix this? Should configure
maybe take $MAIL into account if other methods fail?