On Mon, Jan 11, 2010 at 10:21:23AM -0600, Kyle Wheeler wrote: > On Sunday, January 10 at 08:56 PM, quoth RobertHoltzman: > > I run ubuntu 8.04 on my desktop box and on my laptop. Both run mutt > > 1.5.17. On the laptop the mailboxes called up with "?" each has an "*" > > after the name, i.e. list-mutt-users*. The "*" doesn't appear on the > > list on the desktop box. I could be wrong but I don't recall seeing this > > before. Not a deal breaker but irritating. An explanation would be > > appreciated. > > The * is appended to the name of mailboxes that, for whatever reason, > have the user executable bit set. The reason (I think) is that you > probably never want your mailbox files to be executable, and it's an > indication that your permission settings may not be what you think > they are. To fix it, simply run `chmod u-x` on every mailbox file.
That nailed it, Not sure how the x bit snuck in there but there it was. Thanks. -- Bob Holtzman Key ID: 8D549279 "If you think you're getting free lunch, check the price of the beer"
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