[Discuss] Mutt showing Mailbox is read-only. error

2014-08-02 Thread Bill Horne
I use mutt for email at the Telecom Digest, and our 'new' machine has developed an annoying habit: when I open my default mailbox, and try to delete an email, I get the error Mailbox is read-only.* *I tried using mutt_dotlock, but it worked only once, and now I'm getting the error no matter

Re: [Discuss] Mutt showing Mailbox is read-only. error

2014-08-02 Thread Richard Pieri
On 8/2/2014 11:09 AM, Bill Horne wrote: habit: when I open my default mailbox, and try to delete an email, I get the error Mailbox is read-only.* This is probably the ownership and permissions on the spool directory (/var/mail). The ownership should be root:mail. Permissions at a minimum

Re: [Discuss] Mutt showing Mailbox is read-only. error

2014-08-02 Thread Bill Horne
On 8/2/2014 11:31 AM, Richard Pieri wrote: On 8/2/2014 11:09 AM, Bill Horne wrote: habit: when I open my default mailbox, and try to delete an email, I get the error Mailbox is read-only.* This is probably the ownership and permissions on the spool directory (/var/mail). The ownership should

Re: [Discuss] Mutt showing Mailbox is read-only. error

2014-08-02 Thread Richard Pieri
On 8/2/2014 12:20 PM, Bill Horne wrote: P.S. Is there a list of Standard permissions for a new Ubuntu 14.04 LTS install? I don't believe so, no. What I posted are the defaults for a stock Debian installation. I'm not familiar with Ubuntu's defaults other than that they didn't work on the one