Re: a bunch of newbie questions

2001-12-05 Thread René Clerc
* David T-G <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [05-12-2001 14:34]: | % | The | % | patch changes the behaviour in respect with old messages and unset | % | mark_old, the messages stay old (and new messages stay new). | % | % I see! Like I said, I would've already expected this behaviour. | | Yep. This is ano

Re: a bunch of newbie questions

2001-12-05 Thread David T-G
Rene, et al -- ...and then Ren? Clerc said... % * Nicolas Rachinsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [05-12-2001 00:05]: % % | mark_old unset, new messages stay new (until read), and messages % | marked_old become new when you leave the mailbox (just try it). % % Aha! I didn't know this; this explains a lot

Re: a bunch of newbie questions

2001-12-05 Thread René Clerc
* Nicolas Rachinsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [05-12-2001 00:05]: | I think it depends on mark_old, with mark_old set, mutt marks unread | new mails as old when leaving the mailbox, old messages stay old. With | mark_old unset, new messages stay new (until read), and messages | marked_old become new wh

Re: a bunch of newbie questions

2001-12-04 Thread Nicolas Rachinsky
On Tue, Dec 04, 2001 at 07:49:46PM +0100, René Clerc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > * Nicolas Rachinsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [04-12-2001 19:27]: > > | On Mon, Dec 03, 2001 at 07:24:00PM -0500, David T-G ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > | > Rene, since starting to use mutt I've never wished delete was

Re: a bunch of newbie questions

2001-12-04 Thread René Clerc
* Nicolas Rachinsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [04-12-2001 19:27]: | On Mon, Dec 03, 2001 at 07:24:00PM -0500, David T-G |<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | > Rene, since starting to use mutt I've never wished delete was set to | > ask-yes, but I sure hated mark_old (though I want stuff marked old at | > tim

Re: a bunch of newbie questions

2001-12-04 Thread Nicolas Rachinsky
On Mon, Dec 03, 2001 at 07:24:00PM -0500, David T-G <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Rene, since starting to use mutt I've never wished delete was set to > ask-yes, but I sure hated mark_old (though I want stuff marked old at > times) :-) There is an patch which leaves messages marked old marked old

Re: a bunch of newbie questions

2001-12-04 Thread David T-G
Paul -- ...and then Paul Brannan said... % On Mon, Dec 03, 2001 at 02:59:31PM -0500, David T-G wrote: % > ...and then Paul Brannan said... % > % macro index $ ':set delete=ask-yes:set delete=no' % > % % > % All I get is a beep, and delete remains set to "ask-yes". % > % > That makes sense. Y

Re: a bunch of newbie questions

2001-12-04 Thread Paul Brannan
On Mon, Dec 03, 2001 at 02:59:31PM -0500, David T-G wrote: > ...and then Paul Brannan said... > % macro index $ ':set delete=ask-yes:set delete=no' > % > % All I get is a beep, and delete remains set to "ask-yes". > > That makes sense. Your macro sets it to ask-yes and then tries to sync > th

locking solved (was Re: a bunch of newbie questions)

2001-12-04 Thread Paul Brannan
On Mon, Dec 03, 2001 at 08:30:27PM -0600, David wrote: > I think that this is exactly the problem... I dont know if you are on > linux, but in my mounts through NIS to an HPUX machine from linux, I use > a 'nolock' option that disables attempting to lock over NFS, and I just > use dotlocking. I d

Re: a bunch of newbie questions

2001-12-04 Thread René Clerc
* David T-G <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [04-12-2001 01:26]: [context] | Rene, since starting to use mutt I've never wished delete was set to | ask-yes, but I sure hated mark_old (though I want stuff marked old at | times) :-) That was actually the first option I unset ;) -- René Clerc

Re: a bunch of newbie questions

2001-12-03 Thread David
On Mon, Dec 03, 2001 at 07:24:00PM -0500, David T-G wrote: > % suggested in the other thread), and it successfully created > % testfile.lock; mutt_dotlock -u testfile successfully removed the file as > % well. > > And this was from your NFS client box? Interesting. I wonder why mutt > doesn't

Re: a bunch of newbie questions

2001-12-03 Thread David
On Mon, Dec 03, 2001 at 03:34:45PM -0500, Paul Brannan wrote: > > Perhaps this is a problem of the client being able to lock over nfs but > the server not? I think that this is exactly the problem... I dont know if you are on linux, but in my mounts through NIS to an HPUX machine from linux, I u

Re: a bunch of newbie questions

2001-12-03 Thread David T-G
Paul -- ...and then Paul Brannan said... % On Mon, Dec 03, 2001 at 02:59:31PM -0500, David T-G wrote: % > ...and then Paul Brannan said... % > % > mutt -v % > % > show you? Do you have dotlocking available? It looks to me as though ... % % The relevant portion of mutt -v indicates: % -HO

Re: a bunch of newbie questions

2001-12-03 Thread Thorsten Haude
Hi, * Paul Brannan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [01-12-03 21:34]: >> If you want the messages to be deleted when you sync, set it to "yes" in >> your macro; if not, leave it at "no" and forget about the macro. If you >> want to be asked then just set it to ask-no and forget about the macro, >> and when y

Re: a bunch of newbie questions

2001-12-03 Thread René Clerc
* Paul Brannan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [03-12-2001 21:36]: | > If you want the messages to be deleted when you sync, set it to "yes" in | > your macro; if not, leave it at "no" and forget about the macro. If you | > want to be asked then just set it to ask-no and forget about the macro, | > and when

Re: a bunch of newbie questions

2001-12-03 Thread Paul Brannan
On Mon, Dec 03, 2001 at 02:59:31PM -0500, David T-G wrote: > ...and then Paul Brannan said... > % This solves #2, but not #1 :( > > Interesting. What does > > mutt -v > > show you? Do you have dotlocking available? It looks to me as though > mutt can only use fcntl locks but they are not s

Re: a bunch of newbie questions

2001-12-03 Thread David T-G
Paul -- ...and then Paul Brannan said... % On Mon, Dec 03, 2001 at 10:31:53AM -0500, Brendan Cully wrote: % > > > * Paul Brannan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [011130 15:42]: % > > > > 1) When I start mutt, I see this message: % > > > > fcntl: No locks available (errno = 37) % > > > >How can I mak

Re: a bunch of newbie questions

2001-12-03 Thread Paul Brannan
On Mon, Dec 03, 2001 at 10:31:53AM -0500, Brendan Cully wrote: > > > * Paul Brannan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [011130 15:42]: > > > > 1) When I start mutt, I see this message: > > > > fcntl: No locks available (errno = 37) > > > >How can I make it go away? > > > > 2) When I go to the index, I s

Re: a bunch of newbie questions

2001-12-03 Thread Brendan Cully
On Monday, 03 December 2001 at 10:14, Paul Brannan wrote: > On Sat, Dec 01, 2001 at 08:59:24AM +0100, Sven Guckes wrote: > > * Paul Brannan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [011130 15:42]: > > > 1) When I start mutt, I see this message: > > > fcntl: No locks available (errno = 37) > > >How can I make

Re: a bunch of newbie questions

2001-12-03 Thread René Clerc
* Paul Brannan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [03-12-2001 16:16]: | > use the file locking that goes along with your system?! | | Could you please point me to the documentation for specifying a | different form of file locking? The mutt FAQ and mutt docs at mutt.org | do not appear to contain such informa

Re: a bunch of newbie questions

2001-12-03 Thread Paul Brannan
On Sat, Dec 01, 2001 at 08:59:24AM +0100, Sven Guckes wrote: > * Paul Brannan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [011130 15:42]: > > 1) When I start mutt, I see this message: > > fcntl: No locks available (errno = 37) > >How can I make it go away? > > use the file locking that goes along with your syst

Re: a bunch of newbie questions

2001-12-01 Thread Sven Guckes
* Paul Brannan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [011130 15:42]: > 1) When I start mutt, I see this message: > fcntl: No locks available (errno = 37) >How can I make it go away? use the file locking that goes along with your system?! > 2) When I go to the index, I see this message: > /home/pbran

a bunch of newbie questions

2001-11-30 Thread Paul Brannan
1) When I start mutt, I see this message: fcntl: No locks available (errno = 37) How can I make it go away? 2) When I go to the index, I see this message: /home/pbrannan/.mh_profile not found, mh format names disabled How can I make it go away? 3) When changing between mailboxes,