Re: "Mailbox is read-only.", but it isn't

2007-01-31 Thread Michelle Konzack
Am 2007-01-25 13:55:22, schrieb [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > It's on a shell login account on a web hosting provider, it's not my > personal system. A 'uname -a' reports:- > > Linux shell 2.4.23-grsec #1 Tue Dec 2 19:44:13 GMT 2003 i586 unknown > > I think it's Debian. The mutt is mine though. It'

Re: "Mailbox is read-only.", but it isn't

2007-01-25 Thread cl
On Thu, Jan 25, 2007 at 08:48:16PM +0100, Stephan Seitz wrote: > On Thu, Jan 25, 2007 at 06:18:11PM +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >Brilliant! That's the problem, /var/mail is:- > > lrwxrwxrwx1 root root 10 Oct 16 1999 /var/mail > > Are you sure? This is a symlink, look at

Re: "Mailbox is read-only.", but it isn't

2007-01-25 Thread Stephan Seitz
On Thu, Jan 25, 2007 at 06:18:11PM +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Brilliant! That's the problem, /var/mail is:- lrwxrwxrwx1 root root 10 Oct 16 1999 /var/mail Are you sure? This is a symlink, look at the l at the beginning of your line. Where does it point to? Shade a

Re: "Mailbox is read-only.", but it isn't

2007-01-25 Thread cl
On Thu, Jan 25, 2007 at 05:39:17PM +0100, Rado S wrote: > Moin, > > check permissions per wiki-FAQ, > check 'mutt -v|grep -i lock' to you use proper locking. > Brilliant! That's the problem, /var/mail is:- lrwxrwxrwx1 root root 10 Oct 16 1999 /var/mail the group should b

Re: "Mailbox is read-only.", but it isn't

2007-01-25 Thread cl
oN tHU, Jan 25, 2007 at 02:26:56PM +0100, Patrick Ben Koetter wrote: > * [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > On Thu, Jan 25, 2007 at 09:04:57AM +0100, Michael Tatge wrote: > > > * On Wed, Jan 24, 2007 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) muttered: > > > > On Wed, Jan 24, 2007 at 04:32:26PM

Re: "Mailbox is read-only.", but it isn't

2007-01-25 Thread Patrick Ben Koetter
* [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Thu, Jan 25, 2007 at 09:04:57AM +0100, Michael Tatge wrote: > > * On Wed, Jan 24, 2007 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) muttered: > > > On Wed, Jan 24, 2007 at 04:32:26PM +0100, Michael Tatge wrote: > > > > * On Wed, Jan 24, 2007 [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: "Mailbox is read-only.", but it isn't

2007-01-25 Thread cl
On Thu, Jan 25, 2007 at 09:04:57AM +0100, Michael Tatge wrote: > * On Wed, Jan 24, 2007 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) muttered: > > On Wed, Jan 24, 2007 at 04:32:26PM +0100, Michael Tatge wrote: > > > * On Wed, Jan 24, 2007 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) muttered: > > > > I can 'mutt

Re: "Mailbox is read-only.", but it isn't

2007-01-25 Thread Michael Tatge
* On Wed, Jan 24, 2007 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) muttered: > On Wed, Jan 24, 2007 at 04:32:26PM +0100, Michael Tatge wrote: > > * On Wed, Jan 24, 2007 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) muttered: > > > I can 'mutt_dotlock /var/mail/cgreen' with no > > > errors, does that mean it's O

Re: "Mailbox is read-only.", but it isn't

2007-01-24 Thread cl
On Wed, Jan 24, 2007 at 04:32:26PM +0100, Michael Tatge wrote: > * On Wed, Jan 24, 2007 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) muttered: > > On Wed, Jan 24, 2007 at 01:39:43PM +0100, Michael Tatge wrote: > > > * On Wed, Jan 24, 2007 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) muttered: > > > > The mail sp

Re: "Mailbox is read-only.", but it isn't

2007-01-24 Thread Michael Tatge
* On Wed, Jan 24, 2007 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) muttered: > On Wed, Jan 24, 2007 at 01:39:43PM +0100, Michael Tatge wrote: > > * On Wed, Jan 24, 2007 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) muttered: > > > The mail spool file is /var/mail/cgreen, permissions are:- > > > -rw-rw

Re: "Mailbox is read-only.", but it isn't

2007-01-24 Thread cl
On Wed, Jan 24, 2007 at 03:35:47PM +0100, René Clerc wrote: > * [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [24-01-2007 15:25]: > > > On Wed, Jan 24, 2007 at 01:39:43PM +0100, Michael Tatge wrote: > > > * On Wed, Jan 24, 2007 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) muttered: > > > > The mail spool file is

Re: "Mailbox is read-only.", but it isn't

2007-01-24 Thread René Clerc
* [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [24-01-2007 15:25]: > On Wed, Jan 24, 2007 at 01:39:43PM +0100, Michael Tatge wrote: > > * On Wed, Jan 24, 2007 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) muttered: > > > The mail spool file is /var/mail/cgreen, permissions are:- > > > > > > -rw-rw1

Re: "Mailbox is read-only.", but it isn't

2007-01-24 Thread cl
On Wed, Jan 24, 2007 at 01:39:43PM +0100, Michael Tatge wrote: > * On Wed, Jan 24, 2007 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) muttered: > > The mail spool file is /var/mail/cgreen, permissions are:- > > > > -rw-rw1 cgreen mail 835067 Jan 24 09:38 /var/mail/cgreen > > > > I can

Re: "Mailbox is read-only.", but it isn't

2007-01-24 Thread Michael Tatge
* On Wed, Jan 24, 2007 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) muttered: > The mail spool file is /var/mail/cgreen, permissions are:- > > -rw-rw1 cgreen mail 835067 Jan 24 09:38 /var/mail/cgreen > > I can edit the file directly using (for example) vi and can delete a > message a

Re: Mailbox is read-only.

2002-02-07 Thread David T-G
Terence -- Before I forget, I should note that the proper list address is not the @gbnet address but [EMAIL PROTECTED] as I have set it above. While mutt.org is currently hosted at gbnet and the @gbnet form sometimes leaks through, it's better to use the @mutt.org address. ...and then Terence

Re: Mailbox is read-only

2002-01-08 Thread David T-G
Troy -- ...and then Troy Heber said... % % Quick question. I just upgraded mutt from 1.2.5i to Mutt 1.3.25i Because of % the security change. Problem is that my main inbox (my spoolfile I belive) % is now giving me "Mailbox is read-only." when ever I try to do any ... % set spoolfile="/var/spoo

Re: Mailbox is read-only

2002-01-08 Thread Justin R. Miller
Thus spake Troy Heber ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > Quick question. I just upgraded mutt from 1.2.5i to Mutt 1.3.25i > Because of the security change. Problem is that my main inbox (my > spoolfile I belive) is now giving me "Mailbox is read-only." when ever > I try to do any operations on it. > > The

Re: mailbox is read only and also how can I set up quotas?

2000-03-07 Thread Thomas Roessler
This thread doesn't belong to postfix-users at all, but to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To and Mail-Followup-To headers set. On 2000-03-07 17:40:35 +1100, Jeremy Lunn wrote: >> check permission of /var/spool/mail (or /var/mail), >> when you're trying to open your mailbox your mail >> application sho

Re: "Mailbox is read-only"

1999-08-02 Thread edmundo
David Thorburn-Gundlach <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > % When I run mutt I find myself looking at /var/spool/mail/edmund. I > % can't delete anything because "Mailbox is read-only". Can someone tell > % me what I should do? Should I arrange for mail to be transferred from > % /var/spool/mail/edmund

Re: "Mailbox is read-only"

1999-08-02 Thread Thomas Kobienia
Hi Edmund! On Mon, 02 Aug 1999, Edmund GRIMLEY EVANS wrote: > $ ls -ld /var/spool/mail /var/spool/mail/edmund > drwxrwxr-x 2 root mail 1024 Aug 2 14:15 /var/spool/mail change the permissions, should be: drwxrwsr-x 2 root mail 1024 Aug 2 16:54 /var/spool/mail by .

Re: "Mailbox is read-only"

1999-08-02 Thread David Thorburn-Gundlach
Edmund -- ...and then Edmund GRIMLEY EVANS said... % When I run mutt I find myself looking at /var/spool/mail/edmund. I % can't delete anything because "Mailbox is read-only". Can someone tell % me what I should do? Should I arrange for mail to be transferred from % /var/spool/mail/edmund to some