| Am 2006-04-29 20:51:32, schrieb Jari Aalto: | > Package: mutt | > Version: 1.5.11+cvs20060403-1 | > Severity: normal | > | > DESCRIPTION | > | > 1. Install mutt | > 2. Start it for the first time | > | > | > 3. have ~/Maildir full of messages and ~/.muttrc | > | > set spoolfile = ~/Maildir/ | > | > 4. Start composing reply to someone | > 5. Send message with "y" | > | > The program stops and displays: | > | > Couldn't lock /home/foo/sent? | > | > PROBLEM | > | > The error message isn't very descriptive. Did the program try to lock | > a file? Is there a problem while locking .... The problem is not specified. | > | > Looking at the default composed message reveals that there is field: | > | > Fcc: ~/sent | > | > added by default | | Which is correct. | | > SUGGESTION | > | > 1) Program should not add Fcc by default, especially when directory does | > not exist. | | ~/sent is not a directory but a file | | > 2) The error message should be clear enough to indicate the error reason. | > In this case better erro rmessage would have been: | > | > Cannot save message. Directory does not exist ~/sent. Check Fcc field | | No, because ~/sent is definitivly a file on your system... | | So you have a Maildir?
The ~/Maildir/ exists | Do you have set the correct mailboxtype? No other configuration has been set. | Mutt can read mbox, maildir and mh without any configuration options. | BUT, because mutt want to lock ~/sent it seems, that you have not | setup correctly mutt with | | set mbox_type=maildir | set folder="$HOME/Maildir/" | set spoolfile="$HOME/Maildir/" | set record="+sent/" | set postponed="+drafts/" Thank you, but this does not address the original problem, which: 1) Program's unability to send message in it's default configuration. User did not ask, did not configure program to save a copy, so why it is trying to add the Fcc? 2) The error message needs an improvement Jari -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
