From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 7006 invoked by alias); 24 Jul 2002 19:14:08 -0000 Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Received: (qmail 6997 invoked from network); 24 Jul 2002 19:14:07 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO stinky.trash.net) (195.134.144.50) by sources.redhat.com with SMTP; 24 Jul 2002 19:14:07 -0000 Received: by stinky.trash.net (Postfix, from userid 1717) id 45A66948DC; Wed, 24 Jul 2002 21:14:04 +0200 (MEST) Date: Wed, 24 Jul 2002 15:07:00 -0000 From: Jens Schuessler To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: Re: Mutt 1.4-1 opens mbox read-only Message-ID: <20020724191404.GA7856@trash.net> Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com References: <20020722202048.GA21538@trash.net> <20020724123728.GA1556@tishler.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20020724123728.GA1556@tishler.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.28i X-Cool: get your free UNIX account @ http://www.trash.net/ X-SW-Source: 2002-07/txt/msg01961.txt.bz2 * Jason Tishler [24-07-02 14:37]: > Jens, > > On Mon, Jul 22, 2002 at 10:20:49PM +0200, Jens Schuessler wrote: > > I've compiled Mutt now with --enable-dotlock=NO > > IMO, the above is a bad idea because you are defeating one of the > standard ways to lock a file to prevent corruption if there are multiple > writers (e.g., mutt and procmail). > > While installing Cygwin exim yesterday, I *may* have stumbled onto your > problem. After changing the permissions of /var/spool/mail to meet the > needs of exim, I started to get the read-only mbox problem myself. I > determined that if mutt cannot dotlock an mbox then it will open it > read-only. This can easily tested by using mutt_dotlock: > > $ mutt_dotlock -t /var/spool/mail/jt > $ echo $? > 5 > > Please try running mutt_dotlock -t on your mbox. Does it indicate > incorrect permissions? Hi Jason, i would if i could, but there isn't a mutt_dotlock.exe in my installation or in the official package!? I got a manpage for it, but no executable. Normally, it should be a part of the mutt-package, or am i wrong? Jens -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/