[Discuss] Mutt showing Mailbox is read-only. error
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 what I try. All suggestions welcome. Bill * * -- E. William Horne William Warren Consulting 339-364-8487 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@blu.org http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [Discuss] Mutt showing Mailbox is read-only. error
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
should be 2775 (u+rwx,g+rwxs,o+rx).
Once these are set you should check the ownerships and permissions of
the spool files. Ownership should be ${USER}:mail and permissions should
be 660 (u+rw,g+rw,o-a).
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Re: [Discuss] Mutt showing Mailbox is read-only. error
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 be root:mail. Permissions at a minimum
should be 2775 (u+rwx,g+rwxs,o+rx).
Once these are set you should check the ownerships and permissions of
the spool files. Ownership should be ${USER}:mail and permissions should
be 660 (u+rw,g+rw,o-a).
I made the changes, and added the postfix user to the mail group. It
works OK now.
THANK YOU for your help!
Bill
P.S. Is there a list of Standard permissions for a new Ubuntu 14.04
LTS install?
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Re: [Discuss] Mutt showing Mailbox is read-only. error
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 Ubuntu server that I have so I changed them. Ubuntu has something of a reputation for having non-working spool permissions so I'm not alone in this. -- Rich P. ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@blu.org http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
