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'
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
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
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
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
* [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]
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
* 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
:
> > > > 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
> > &
-
> > > -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
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?
> > >
>
; >
> > > -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.
> > >
> > >
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
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
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However when I try and delete (or move) a message using mutt it just
says "Mailbox is read-only.", what's the problem?
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Chris Green ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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
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
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
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
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
This thread doesn't belong to postfix-users at all, but to
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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
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
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
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
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
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 .
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
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
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