From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Duke Normandin" <01031149@3web.net> To: cygwin@sources.redhat.com Subject: Re: Mutt w/ minimal Cygwin install Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2001 16:19:00 -0000 Message-id: X-SW-Source: 2001-02/msg00629.html On 12 Feb 01 at 14:33, cygwin-digest-help@sources.re wrote: >> I want to run Mutt with a minimal Cygwin install -- can it be done? I have >> all the Cygwin DLLs, bash, ncurses, mutt, terminfo. >> >> I have it kind of half-ass working, except for Mutt choking when it wants >> to write to a file (e.g., postponed, or sent, etc) -- something about >> being unable to lock or unlock the file in question. I noticed that in the >> cygwin directory tree, there's a mutt_dotlock (or something) executable. I >> suspect that I need to use this, but can't figure out how. > >This should work automagically. I just tried to postpone a message >and it worked like a charm. If you are using ntsec, check the permissions. Thanks! I re-installed my "minimal" cygwin environment as well as Mutt, and most problems dissapeared. ;) If anybody is interested in setting up Mutt on a standalone, win9x box with dial-up Internet access only, email me. -duke Calgary,Alberta, Canada -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Check out: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple