Re: "Mailbox is read-only.", but it isn't

2007-01-31 Thread Michelle Konzack
Am 2007-01-25 13:55:22, schrieb [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > It's on a shell login account on a web hosting provider, it's not my > personal system. A 'uname -a' reports:- > > Linux shell 2.4.23-grsec #1 Tue Dec 2 19:44:13 GMT 2003 i586 unknown > > I think it's Debian. The mutt is mine though. It'

Re: "Mailbox is read-only.", but it isn't

2007-01-25 Thread cl
On Thu, Jan 25, 2007 at 08:48:16PM +0100, Stephan Seitz wrote: > On Thu, Jan 25, 2007 at 06:18:11PM +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >Brilliant! That's the problem, /var/mail is:- > > lrwxrwxrwx1 root root 10 Oct 16 1999 /var/mail > > Are you sure? This is a symlink, look at

Re: "Mailbox is read-only.", but it isn't

2007-01-25 Thread Stephan Seitz
On Thu, Jan 25, 2007 at 06:18:11PM +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Brilliant! That's the problem, /var/mail is:- lrwxrwxrwx1 root root 10 Oct 16 1999 /var/mail Are you sure? This is a symlink, look at the l at the beginning of your line. Where does it point to? Shade a

Re: "Mailbox is read-only.", but it isn't

2007-01-25 Thread cl
On Thu, Jan 25, 2007 at 05:39:17PM +0100, Rado S wrote: > Moin, > > check permissions per wiki-FAQ, > check 'mutt -v|grep -i lock' to you use proper locking. > Brilliant! That's the problem, /var/mail is:- lrwxrwxrwx1 root root 10 Oct 16 1999 /var/mail the group should b

Re: "Mailbox is read-only.", but it isn't

2007-01-25 Thread cl
oN tHU, Jan 25, 2007 at 02:26:56PM +0100, Patrick Ben Koetter wrote: > * [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > On Thu, Jan 25, 2007 at 09:04:57AM +0100, Michael Tatge wrote: > > > * On Wed, Jan 24, 2007 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) muttered: > > > > On Wed, Jan 24, 2007 at 04:32:26PM

Re: "Mailbox is read-only.", but it isn't

2007-01-25 Thread Patrick Ben Koetter
* [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Thu, Jan 25, 2007 at 09:04:57AM +0100, Michael Tatge wrote: > > * On Wed, Jan 24, 2007 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) muttered: > > > On Wed, Jan 24, 2007 at 04:32:26PM +0100, Michael Tatge wrote: > > > > * On Wed, Jan 24, 2007 [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: "Mailbox is read-only.", but it isn't

2007-01-25 Thread cl
On Thu, Jan 25, 2007 at 09:04:57AM +0100, Michael Tatge wrote: > * On Wed, Jan 24, 2007 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) muttered: > > On Wed, Jan 24, 2007 at 04:32:26PM +0100, Michael Tatge wrote: > > > * On Wed, Jan 24, 2007 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) muttered: > > > > I can 'mutt

Re: "Mailbox is read-only.", but it isn't

2007-01-25 Thread Michael Tatge
* On Wed, Jan 24, 2007 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) muttered: > On Wed, Jan 24, 2007 at 04:32:26PM +0100, Michael Tatge wrote: > > * On Wed, Jan 24, 2007 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) muttered: > > > I can 'mutt_dotlock /var/mail/cgreen' with no > > > errors, does that mean it's O

Re: "Mailbox is read-only.", but it isn't

2007-01-24 Thread cl
: > > > > The mail spool file is /var/mail/cgreen, permissions are:- > > > > -rw-rw1 cgreen mail 835067 Jan 24 09:38 > > > > /var/mail/cgreen > > > > However when I try and delete (or move) a message using mutt it just > > &

Re: "Mailbox is read-only.", but it isn't

2007-01-24 Thread Michael Tatge
- > > > -rw-rw1 cgreen mail 835067 Jan 24 09:38 > > > /var/mail/cgreen > > > However when I try and delete (or move) a message using mutt it just > > > says "Mailbox is read-only.", what's the problem? > > > > So

Re: "Mailbox is read-only.", but it isn't

2007-01-24 Thread cl
example) vi and can delete a > > > > message and write the file this way. > > > > > > > > However when I try and delete (or move) a message using mutt it just > > > > says "Mailbox is read-only.", what's the problem? > > > >

Re: "Mailbox is read-only.", but it isn't

2007-01-24 Thread René Clerc
; > > > > -rw-rw1 cgreen mail 835067 Jan 24 09:38 > > > /var/mail/cgreen > > > > > > I can edit the file directly using (for example) vi and can delete a > > > message and write the file this way. > > > > > >

Re: "Mailbox is read-only.", but it isn't

2007-01-24 Thread cl
ail/cgreen > > > > I can edit the file directly using (for example) vi and can delete a > > message and write the file this way. > > > > However when I try and delete (or move) a message using mutt it just > > says "Mailbox is read-only.", what's t

Re: "Mailbox is read-only.", but it isn't

2007-01-24 Thread Michael Tatge
ete a > message and write the file this way. > > However when I try and delete (or move) a message using mutt it just > says "Mailbox is read-only.", what's the problem? Sounds like a locking problem. Can you mutt_dotlock the file manually? HTH, Michael -- Remember

"Mailbox is read-only.", but it isn't

2007-01-24 Thread cl
. However when I try and delete (or move) a message using mutt it just says "Mailbox is read-only.", what's the problem? -- Chris Green ([EMAIL PROTECTED])

Re: Mailbox is read-only.

2002-02-07 Thread David T-G
rence Ng said... % % Hi! Hello! % % I have just set up my mail server using postfix. Then I read the mail by using Mutt. After I read the mails and want to delete it, I press 'd' or '^d'. But, I got 'Mailbox is read-only' message. Why? It sounds like mutt w

Mailbox is read-only.

2002-02-06 Thread Terence Ng
Hi! I have just set up my mail server using postfix. Then I read the mail by using Mutt. After I read the mails and want to delete it, I press 'd' or '^d'. But, I got 'Mailbox is read-only' message. Why? I have checked the permission by typing: ls -ld /var

Re: Mailbox is read-only

2002-01-08 Thread David T-G
Troy -- ...and then Troy Heber said... % % Quick question. I just upgraded mutt from 1.2.5i to Mutt 1.3.25i Because of % the security change. Problem is that my main inbox (my spoolfile I belive) % is now giving me "Mailbox is read-only." when ever I try to do any ... % set spool

Re: Mailbox is read-only

2002-01-08 Thread Justin R. Miller
Thus spake Troy Heber ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > Quick question. I just upgraded mutt from 1.2.5i to Mutt 1.3.25i > Because of the security change. Problem is that my main inbox (my > spoolfile I belive) is now giving me "Mailbox is read-only." when ever > I try to do any opera

Mailbox is read-only

2002-01-08 Thread Troy Heber
Quick question. I just upgraded mutt from 1.2.5i to Mutt 1.3.25i Because of the security change. Problem is that my main inbox (my spoolfile I belive) is now giving me "Mailbox is read-only." when ever I try to do any operations on it. The important part of my .muttrc is here: set

Re: mailbox is read only and also how can I set up quotas?

2000-03-07 Thread Thomas Roessler
This thread doesn't belong to postfix-users at all, but to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To and Mail-Followup-To headers set. On 2000-03-07 17:40:35 +1100, Jeremy Lunn wrote: >> check permission of /var/spool/mail (or /var/mail), >> when you're trying to open your mailbox your mail >> application sho

Mailbox is read-only (user install)

1999-10-14 Thread Jerome Zago
try to delete a message in a mailbox (for instance in =leeds), I get "Mailbox is read-only". What am I doing wrong ? Thanks for your time. $ ls -al ~/Mail/ drwx-- 2 [me] [mygroup] 1024 Oct 14 20:22 . drwx-- 16 [me] [mygroup] 1024 Oct 14 20

"Mailbox is read-only"

1999-08-12 Thread Edmund GRIMLEY EVANS
When I run mutt I find myself looking at /var/spool/mail/edmund. I can't delete anything because "Mailbox is read-only". Can someone tell me what I should do? Should I arrange for mail to be transferred from /var/spool/mail/edmund to somewhere else? How? Does mutt do this, or som

Re: "Mailbox is read-only"

1999-08-02 Thread edmundo
David Thorburn-Gundlach <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > % When I run mutt I find myself looking at /var/spool/mail/edmund. I > % can't delete anything because "Mailbox is read-only". Can someone tell > % me what I should do? Should I arrange for mail to be transf

"Mailbox is read-only"

1999-08-02 Thread Edmund GRIMLEY EVANS
When I run mutt I find myself looking at /var/spool/mail/edmund. I can't delete anything because "Mailbox is read-only". Can someone tell me what I should do? Should I arrange for mail to be transferred from /var/spool/mail/edmund to somewhere else? How? Does mutt do this, or som

Re: "Mailbox is read-only"

1999-08-02 Thread Thomas Kobienia
Hi Edmund! On Mon, 02 Aug 1999, Edmund GRIMLEY EVANS wrote: > $ ls -ld /var/spool/mail /var/spool/mail/edmund > drwxrwxr-x 2 root mail 1024 Aug 2 14:15 /var/spool/mail change the permissions, should be: drwxrwsr-x 2 root mail 1024 Aug 2 16:54 /var/spool/mail by .

Re: "Mailbox is read-only"

1999-08-02 Thread David Thorburn-Gundlach
Edmund -- ...and then Edmund GRIMLEY EVANS said... % When I run mutt I find myself looking at /var/spool/mail/edmund. I % can't delete anything because "Mailbox is read-only". Can someone tell % me what I should do? Should I arrange for mail to be transferred from % /var/spool

"Mailbox is read-only"

1999-08-02 Thread Edmund GRIMLEY EVANS
When I run mutt I find myself looking at /var/spool/mail/edmund. I can't delete anything because "Mailbox is read-only". Can someone tell me what I should do? Should I arrange for mail to be transferred from /var/spool/mail/edmund to somewhere else? How? Does mutt do this, or som