mutt's .mutt folders when saving attachments?
Hi, I didn't get a reply when I asked before, still keen to find out how to avoid mutt creating/leaving an empty .muttxx fo9lder in the directory in which an attachment is saved. I assume there's some option to autodelete these folders? -- Tim
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=- Tim Chown wrote on Tue 23.Sep'08 at 10:31:27 +0100 -= I didn't get a reply when I asked before, still keen to find out how to avoid mutt creating/leaving an empty .muttxx fo9lder in the directory in which an attachment is saved. I assume there's some option to autodelete these folders? Yes, rmdir ~/.mutt* Scan mutt-dev archive for this topic to understand origin, problems and workarounds. -- © Rado S. -- You must provide YOUR effort for your goal! EVERY effort counts: at least to show your attitude. You're responsible for ALL you do: you get what you give.
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On Tue, Sep 23, 2008 at 04:08:35PM +0200, Rado S wrote: =- Tim Chown wrote on Tue 23.Sep'08 at 10:31:27 +0100 -= I didn't get a reply when I asked before, still keen to find out how to avoid mutt creating/leaving an empty .muttxx fo9lder in the directory in which an attachment is saved. I assume there's some option to autodelete these folders? Yes, rmdir ~/.mutt* Scan mutt-dev archive for this topic to understand origin, problems and workarounds. Hmm, well the Yahoo view of mtt devs mails doesn't throw up anything obvious. I think 'folder', 'attachment', 'save' are too generic a term to find a specific thread. Just very sad my mutt poops everywhere. Must be possible to train him. After recent discussions I'm almost afraid to ask... :/ -- Tim
Re: mutt's .mutt folders when saving attachments?
=- Tim Chown wrote on Tue 23.Sep'08 at 15:57:47 +0100 -= Scan mutt-dev archive for this topic to understand origin, problems and workarounds. Hmm, well the Yahoo view of mtt devs mails doesn't throw up anything obvious. I think 'folder', 'attachment', 'save' are too generic a term to find a specific thread. For me it was related to NFS, and it was about tmpdir/tmpfile generation. Lookout for posts by me, I suggested a patch to revert the newly introduced behaviour. After recent discussions I'm almost afraid to ask... :/ *grins* No worries, just keep improving. -- © Rado S. -- You must provide YOUR effort for your goal! EVERY effort counts: at least to show your attitude. You're responsible for ALL you do: you get what you give.
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-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tuesday, September 23 at 10:31 AM, quoth Tim Chown: I didn't get a reply when I asked before, still keen to find out how to avoid mutt creating/leaving an empty .muttxx fo9lder in the directory in which an attachment is saved. I assume there's some option to autodelete these folders? There is no option to auto-delete those folders, they are deleted whenever possible. The reason they stick around is when there's a filesystem problem, and mutt doesn't think the directory is empty. Let me guess: you're using either vfat or something like sshfs? It boils down to the fact that some filesystems do not support operations that are necessary for safe operation, and give inconsistent or unreliable error codes when you try. This is yet another reason why using these sorts of filesystems for anything important in a unix system is a really bad idea. For more information, check this: http://marc.info/?l=mutt-devm=116775858411732w=2 ~Kyle - -- The most important thing a father can do for his children is to love their mother. -- Fr. Theodore Hesburgh -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Comment: Thank you for using encryption! iEYEARECAAYFAkjZCjkACgkQBkIOoMqOI14MJQCgt7luJa5zEutjpEgHiUm8pb4f cgQAninVcBcmCz0RfIqfvdlocIUNmdIc =dfWr -END PGP SIGNATURE-
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-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tuesday, September 23 at 05:10 PM, quoth Rado S: For me it was related to NFS, and it was about tmpdir/tmpfile generation. Lookout for posts by me, I suggested a patch to revert the newly introduced behaviour. http://marc.info/?l=mutt-devm=117588920724808w=2 Here's the relevant patch... which is supposed to fix the problem. http://dev.mutt.org/trac/changeset/c0e6d2617984/ ~Kyle - -- If an elderly respected expert in a given field tells you that something can be done he is almost certainly right. If an elderly respected expert in a given field tells you that something is impossible, he is almost certainly wrong. -- Robert A. Heinlein -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Comment: Thank you for using encryption! iEYEARECAAYFAkjZCyEACgkQBkIOoMqOI16RmwCgi4i0nH5EaN9XTnYlscBdqL+n SFgAoKY401/z6wAsI6Rlxnxg7q3NuuSq =1Qkj -END PGP SIGNATURE-
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On Tue, Sep 23, 2008 at 10:28:33AM -0500, Kyle Wheeler wrote: http://dev.mutt.org/trac/changeset/c0e6d2617984/ ~Kyle - -- If an elderly respected expert in a given field tells you that something can be done he is almost certainly right. If an elderly respected expert in a given field tells you that something is impossible, he is almost certainly wrong. -- Robert A. Heinlein And if an elderly respected expert in a given field tells you RTFM, don't whine about it. RTFM advice is not (usually) an insult or an attempt to be nasty. Its usually valid and ALWAYS a good idea. Yes its the wrong thread, but the above sig was too timely to pass up! :-) In Summary: Never be afraid to ask and don't take RTFM personally. JK
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On Tue, Sep 23, 2008 at 11:54:19AM -0400, Jeff Kinz wrote: And if an elderly respected expert in a given field tells you RTFM, don't whine about it. RTFM advice is not (usually) an insult or an attempt to be nasty. Its usually valid and ALWAYS a good idea. On the other hand, some people who offer RTFM as advice are neither elderly nor respected. And some just do it way too often, period. I second David's well-said thoughts about the subject, especially in the context of Mutt. No matter how much I love it, Mutt's configuration is intricate and complicated in the extreme; reading its manual is a bit like reading a text on computer architecture. It contains lots of good information which is usually right (but not always), but that is both a blessing and a curse: IT CONTAINS LOTS OF INFORMATION. :) It's also, IMO, not very well organized from the perspective of I want to solve this particular problem with my e-mail, how do I do it? Finding what you need in the manual can be quite difficult, unless you know exactly what you're looking for, and even then... If you have time to sit down and read the 240+ some-odd* pages of Mutt's manual, and you're very serious about managing your e-mail, then you should do that. But in the end, even if they do need more power than what Pine or Outlook offer, most people just want to read their mail. - * as approximated by paging at 66 lines and counting pages until I got bored with counting at about 50% -- Derek D. Martinhttp://www.pizzashack.org/ GPG Key ID: 0xDFBEAD02 -=-=-=-=- This message is posted from an invalid address. Replying to it will result in undeliverable mail due to spam prevention. Sorry for the inconvenience. pgpK4NJsMquOo.pgp Description: PGP signature
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Quoting Derek Martin ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): No matter how much I love it, Mutt's configuration is intricate and complicated in the extreme; You haven't tried configuring Sendmail, have you? ;-) *SCNR* -Sndr. -- | Did you hear about the cat that ate a ball of wool? -- It got mittens. | 1024D/08CEC94D - 34B3 3314 B146 E13C 70C8 9BDB D463 7E41 08CE C94D signature.asc Description: Digital signature
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* Sander Smeenk [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2008-09-23 19:35]: Quoting Derek Martin ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): No matter how much I love it, Mutt's configuration is intricate and complicated in the extreme; You haven't tried configuring Sendmail, have you? ;-) For a change you could have a look at fvwm ;-) pgpcgvIFZD1jp.pgp Description: PGP signature
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On Tue, Sep 23, 2008 at 07:33:31PM +0200, Sander Smeenk wrote: Quoting Derek Martin ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): No matter how much I love it, Mutt's configuration is intricate and complicated in the extreme; You haven't tried configuring Sendmail, have you? ;-) As a matter of fact, being a professional system administrator, I have... on many occasions. I think Sendmail is much easier. :) [...unless you need to do something really unusual.] -- Derek D. Martinhttp://www.pizzashack.org/ GPG Key ID: 0xDFBEAD02 -=-=-=-=- This message is posted from an invalid address. Replying to it will result in undeliverable mail due to spam prevention. Sorry for the inconvenience. pgpcmvCiLknzm.pgp Description: PGP signature
