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Re: Mutt 1.4-1 opens mbox read-only
>>>>> "Jason" == Jason Tishler <jason@tishler.net> writes:
Jason> Jens,
Jason> On Mon, Jul 22, 2002 at 10:20:49PM +0200, Jens Schuessler wrote:
>> I've compiled Mutt now with --enable-dotlock=NO
Jason> IMO, the above is a bad idea because you are defeating one of the
Jason> standard ways to lock a file to prevent corruption if there are multiple
Jason> writers (e.g., mutt and procmail).
Jason> While installing Cygwin exim yesterday, I *may* have stumbled onto your
Jason> problem. After changing the permissions of /var/spool/mail to meet the
Jason> needs of exim, I started to get the read-only mbox problem myself. I
Jason> determined that if mutt cannot dotlock an mbox then it will open it
Jason> read-only. This can easily tested by using mutt_dotlock:
Jason> $ mutt_dotlock -t /var/spool/mail/jt
Jason> $ echo $?
Jason> 5
Jason> If you get a "5" (instead of "0"), then the permissions of
Jason> /var/spool/mail are not correct.
Jason> Please try running mutt_dotlock -t on your mbox. Does it indicate
Jason> incorrect permissions?
Where is mutt_dotlock ? There is only a usr/man/man1/mutt_dotlock.1 in
mutt-1.4-1.tar.bz2.
Jason> Jason
Ciao
Volker
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