On Sat, Jul 25, 2009 at 08:38:42AM -0500, Russell Urquhart wrote: > > > Hi, > > I recently had to restart my system (os x) and now, in mutt, when i try and > search for new mail (shift-g) i get the "Couldn't lock" message. > > I am able to send mail out. Did something not get locked properly?
Perhaps there's a stale lock file somewhere? That might make mutt think that there is a lock when there isn't any and prevent it from obtaining a lock itself. Unfortunately, I don't know exactly what to look for.
