Re: Mutt can not delete mails
On Thu, Oct 28, 2021 at 03:21:47PM +0200, Hans wrote:
> Hi folks,
>
> I got into an issue with mutt. Problem is, mutt can not delete mails and I myself can not delete
> the file below /var/mail/.
You are not *supposed* to delete your entire inbox file. You're only
supposed to modify it, potentially reducing the size of it to 0 bytes.
That said, I've been using $HOME/Maildir/ for decades, so I don't know
how Debian currently manages the /var/mail/* mbox files that it defaults
to. /usr/bin/mutt_dotlock is setgid mail on my system, the same as
on yours. /var/mail is writable by group mail (same as yours), so that
appears to be OK.
Can you give us more details? E.g. describe how you delete a single
message from your inbox in mutt, and exactly what mutt does when you
try it.
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