Re: Debian mutt-ng_0.0+20050831-1_i390.deb

On 2005-09-11 17:38:28 +0200, Elimar Riesebieter wrote:
> On Sun, 11 Sep 2005 the mental interface of Peter J. Holzer told:
> > On 2005-09-08 22:38:20 +0200, Elimar Riesebieter wrote:
> > > On Thu, 08 Sep 2005 the mental interface of
> > > Philippe Berini told:
> > > > "Reading /var/spool/mail/phb...sh: /muttng_dotlock: No file or 
> > > > directory of this
> > > > type".
> > > 
> > > Why are your reading your mail in /var/spool/mail?
> > 
> > Because that's where the mailbox is on his system?
> 
> Right, but it is just a spooldir with unreliable user rights.

They don't have to be unreliable (and usually aren't).

> It is recommended to sort local mail in $HOME/"whatever you want".

Recommended by whom? By you and me and Dan Bernstein? Sure.
By the muttng manual? Maybe, but I didn't find it.
By any major Linux distribution or Unix vendor? I don't think so.
AFAIK they are all set up deliver to /var/(spool/)mail by default. And
muttng includes a set[ug]id muttng_dotlock program to deal with this
situation.

        hp

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