Thanks for the feedback. Here's the results: After the cp -p /var/mail/sean /tmp/sean and mutt -f /tmp/sean: /tmp/sean is not a mailbox.
bash-2.05$ ls -lFda /var/mail `which mutt` `which mutt_dotlock` -r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 427564 Sep 13 22:25 /usr/local/bin/mutt* -rwxr-sr-x 1 root mail 7364 Sep 13 22:25 /usr/local/bin/mutt_dotlock* drwxrwxr-x 2 root mail 512 Nov 13 23:22 /var/mail/ bash-2.05$ mutt -v Mutt 1.2.5i (2000-07-28) Copyright (C) 1996-2000 Michael R. Elkins and others. Mutt comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; for details type `mutt -vv'. Mutt is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it under certain conditions; type `mutt -vv' for details. System: FreeBSD 4.4-RELEASE [using slang 10404] Compile options: -DOMAIN -DEBUG -HOMESPOOL +USE_SETGID +USE_DOTLOCK -USE_FCNTL +USE_FLOCK +USE_IMAP -USE_GSS -USE_SSL +USE_POP +HAVE_REGCOMP -USE_GNU_REGEX +HAVE_COLOR +HAVE_PGP -BUFFY_SIZE -EXACT_ADDRESS +ENABLE_NLS +COMPRESSED SENDMAIL="/usr/sbin/sendmail" MAILPATH="/var/mail" SHAREDIR="/usr/local/share/mutt" SYSCONFDIR="/usr/local/etc" ISPELL="/usr/local/bin/ispell" To contact the developers, please mail to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. To report a bug, please use the muttbug utility. On Tue, 13 Nov 2001, David T-G wrote: > Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2001 22:23:03 -0500 > To: "Mutt Users' List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > From: David T-G <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > CC: Sean LeBlanc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: /var/mail/sean is not a mailbox? > > Sean -- > > ...and then Sean LeBlanc said... > % I can't get mutt to work. For some reason, > % it's saying /var/mail/sean is not a mailbox? > > It probably is, but mutt probably can't read or lock it. > > Try > > cp -p /var/mail/sean /tmp/sean > mutt -f /tmp/sean > > and see what you get. If it works, then you have a locking problem. > > > % > % I don't get it, since I can cat this file, > % and it has what looks like normal mail in > % it. > > Please run > > ls -lFda /var/mail `which mutt` `which mutt_dotlock` > mutt -v > > and post the results. I bet that mutt and/or mutt_dotlock have not been > installed with SGID permissions and that /var/mail is writable only by > root and the mail group. > > > % > % This is on FreeBSD 4.4, if it makes any > % difference. > > This happens everywhere :-) > > > % > % -- > % > +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > % -Sean LeBlanc, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > % Stop corporate welfare. Repeal the H1-B program now: > % http://www.zazona.com/ShameH1B/ > > > :-D > -- > David T-G * It's easier to fight for one's principles > (play) [EMAIL PROTECTED] * than to live up to them. -- fortune cookie > (work) [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.justpickone.org/davidtg/ Shpx gur Pbzzhavpngvbaf Qrprapl Npg! > > > -- - Sean LeBlanc, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Stop corporate welfare. Repeal the H1-B program now: http://www.zazona.com/ShameH1B/ Auctioning many Linux, Java, NT, SilverStream books: http://cgi6.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?MfcISAPICommand=ViewListedItems&userid=tparkin IM me: Yahoo: seanleblancathome ICQ: 138565743 MSN: seanleblancathome AIM: sleblancathome
