Dennis Hammer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> I've got a seemingly major problem with my spoolfile. The permissions
> are 600 and the file belongs to me, but mutt just keeps telling me
> that the mailbox is readonly.
The mutt_dotlock program needs permission to create a dot-lock file in
the mail
Dennis --
Take a look at your spool dir permissions and the mode of mutt_dotlock
(you are using a fairly recent version of mutt, aren't you?). mutt
itself does not need to be set with any special permissions, while
mutt_dotlock should be root.mail and 02555 (g+s); you rmail spool is
probably als
Hi.
I've got a seemingly major problem with my spoolfile. The permissions
are 600 and the file belongs to me, but mutt just keeps telling me that
the mailbox is readonly. When I use pine, there are no problems.
But I want to use mutt, pine sucks :-)
Does anyone have a clue as to where the soluti