On Thu, Nov 02, 2017 at 03:17:27PM -0400, Patrick Shanahan wrote:
> * Chris Green <c...@isbd.net> [11-02-17 14:36]:
> > On Thu, Nov 02, 2017 at 08:45:07AM -0700, Ian Zimmerman wrote:
> > > On 2017-11-02 14:14, Chris Green wrote:
> > >
> > > > What causes the message "Tagging is not supported."? I'm getting it
> > > > when I try and tag messages in one particular directory. I can't see
> > > > anything wrong with permissions or anything and the messages open OK
> > > > in mutt.
> > >
> > > Since you apparently write "directory" as a synonym for "folder", I'm
> > > going to assume you use Maildirs.
> > >
> > No, it's a mbox file containing a few (i.e. four or five) E-Mails.
> >
> > None of the mbox files in this particular directory can have their
> > messages tagged.
> >
> > (To my mind 'Folder' is an MS euphemism for a directory!)
> >
> > > Is that particular Maildir on a different mount / filesystem? AFAIK
> > > tagging an item in a Maildir involves changing the filename. That could
> > > fail for example if the filesystem had a limit on filename length, or
> > > prohibited certain characters in filenames.
> > >
> > > Or, you could be out of inodes on the mount. That has been one
> > > complaint about Maildirs, though it never happened to me - I don't get
> > > enough mail!
> > >
> > So, thanks for trying, but I don't think your thoughts are the answer.
> >
> > I do have write permission (and anyway how could I have written the
> > messages there if I hadn't) and it's not a mount or a symbolic link or
> > anything, it's just a directory in my /home/chris hierarchy.
>
> look at the last few lines of the header and/or display them here (not
> more than 10 lines).
>
Here's one:-
Message-ID: <1276877127.10353.blah>
Delivered-To: Autoresponder
To: ch...@chris.isbd.net
From: cont...@ville-halluin.fr
Subject: Re: Disponibilite - Port de Plaisance
X-Ovh-Tracer-Id: 11123046656175368376
Status: RO
Content-Length: 512
Lines: 13
Is it that "Status: RO"? If so what/who put it there?
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Chris Green
