Mutt 1.4-1 opens mbox read only

[Guy L. Oliver]

Jens,

On Mon, Jul 22, 2002 at 10:20:49PM +0200, Jens Schuessler wrote:
> > I've compiled Mutt now with --enable-dotlock=NO
> 
> IMO, the above is a bad idea because you are defeating one
> of the standard ways to lock a file to prevent corruption if
> there are multiple writers (e.g., mutt and procmail).

I ended up recompiling with out dotlock my self, because I
found that regardless of permissions on the mail file and
its directory ( I belive I tried all possible combos) I
couldnt get things to work right with dotlock on.  My
problem was different, but there you have it.  course, i'd
love to be proven wrong. :-)

> If you get a "5" (instead of "0"), then the permissions of
> /var/spool/mail are not correct.
> 
> Please try running mutt_dotlock -t on your mbox.  Does it
> indicate incorrect permissions?

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