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---- 1 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 and write the file this way. > > > > However when I try and delete (or move) a message using mutt it just > > says "Mailbox is read-only.", what's the problem? > > Sounds like a locking problem. Can you mutt_dotlock the file manually? > Well I can 'mutt_dotlock <any parameter> /var/mail/cgreen' with no errors, does that mean it's OK?
-- Chris Green ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
