> Maildirs have never actually worked properly because they use > filenames which are not POSIX compatible, and were apparently > specifically designed to cause grief for Windows and Mac systems. > Compounding this problem, I erroneously suggested people use Maildirs > in older versions, before I knew the tragedy of Maildirs. Probably > what's happened is that mutt's error checking has been improved, so > you're now getting an error message when it would just silently fail > before. > > So, to sum up: > > 1. Don't use Maildir, use mbox. > > Gary R. Van Sickle >
And that is exactly what I did. Since I do not really need Maildir, this was the easiest solution for me. Thank´s for you explanation of the topic! Christian -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/