Hello, this is the first day I use mutt, and i find problems to store read messages in a mailbox...in fact, the program shows me this error warning: 'couldn' t lock /home/username/mbox?' (mbox is the file name of stored messages, right?)... Could you suggest anything, please? Thanks, ALberto
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Alberto Mazzocato wrote: > Hello, this is the first day I use mutt, and i find problems to store > read messages in a mailbox. In fact, the program shows me this error > warning: 'couldn' t lock /home/username/mbox?' (mbox is the file name > of stored messages, right?)... Could you suggest anything, please? My guess: the mail box is already locked by another mail user agent (probably another Mutt). -- Well, we'll really have a party, but we've gotta post a guard outside. -- Eddie Cochran, "Come On Everybody"
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On ���, 19 ��� 2005 at 07:31 GMT, Igorx Ivanov wrote: > Alberto Mazzocato wrote: >> Hello, this is the first day I use mutt, and i find problems to store >> read messages in a mailbox. In fact, the program shows me this error >> warning: 'couldn' t lock /home/username/mbox?' (mbox is the file name >> of stored messages, right?)... Could you suggest anything, please? > > My guess: the mail box is already locked by > another mail user agent (probably another Mutt). Another guess: maybe the /home/username/mbox file is on a samba mounted directory. Question: is the '?' actually there (I mean just after the mbox) ? Apostolos -- Replace earth.space with gmail.com for a valid e-mail
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On ���, 19 ��� 2005 at 15:24 GMT, Apostolos P. Tsompanopoulos wrote: > On ���, 19 ��� 2005 at 07:31 GMT, Igorx Ivanov wrote: >> Alberto Mazzocato wrote: >>> Hello, this is the first day I use mutt, and i find problems to >>> store read messages in a mailbox. In fact, the program shows me this >>> error warning: 'couldn' t lock /home/username/mbox?' (mbox is the >>> file name of stored messages, right?)... Could you suggest anything, >>> please? >> >> My guess: the mail box is already locked by another mail user >> agent (probably another Mutt). > > Another guess: maybe the /home/username/mbox file is on a samba > mounted directory. I hate to follow-up my own reply but... IIRC, the same applies to every FAT* formatted partition. Hope this helps, Apostolos -- Replace earth.space with gmail.com for a valid e-mail
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