* Ralph Geier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [011207 17:08]: > I found the following bug in Mutt 1.2.5 / 1.3.24 > - first, save your 'mbox'-file (i.e. the folder > where read mail is saved), it will be corrupted > after trying the following! > - assume you have 1 new message in your > spool mailbox (i.e. incoming mail) > [..] > Interestingly, if you started with an empty mbox, you will find the > following: while mutt will recognize it as corrupted under normal > circumstances - if you repeat the procedure above, the error is > obscured now, so remove your mbox to reproduce the bug again!
Your suggestion contradicts to the assumption, ie the mailbox being non-empty. what gives? > OS: ReliantUNIX-Y > Configuration: see app. [3,400 lines deleted] *sigh* > -- > Ralph Geier > EMail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Oh - Siemens.. no further questions. Anyway, I have been opening folders with more than one instance of mutt and making changes - the locking works and I have not lost one mail. *shrug* (at least not since some version 0.5x where one version screwed up at some point.) PS: "Mail-Followup-To: Ralph Geier <geier>, [EMAIL PROTECTED]" Why should I reply to any *local* Geiers? ;-) Hint: set use_domain Sven