Rocco Rutte <pd...@gmx.net> 18-Jun-09 13:17: > * Marianne wrote: > > When I try to use the <edit> command on a message mutt tells me: > > "could not create temporary folder: No such file or directory" > > > Writing new messages works just fine. > > > In my muttrc, I have: > > set tmpdir="/home/mpromber/.mutt/tmp" > > [...] > > > My "~/.mutt" dir is in fact a symlink to a dir inside a dir that I encrypt > > and decrypt using ENCFS: > > [...] > > When editing messages, mutt tries to create an empty mbox file in > $tmpdir. At the moment I have no real idea why this would fail if it > otherwise can create tempfiles (i.e. permission problems can be excluded > here). Maybe the symlink is the trouble, I don't know. Can you try with > a $tmpdir that is not a symlink?
Yes, sorry, I should have thought of that. set tmpdir="/home/mpromber/tmp" And mutt edits away happily. So I assume it's something with encfs. I've since posted to encfs-users and will report here in case I hear anything intresting. In the meantime, this tmpdir is just fine for me, at least for editing, which I usually only use to create X-Label headers, so if I'm really paranoid I'll keep the encrypted tmpdir and switch back and forth with a macro. Thanks! Marianne
