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Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2001 10:46:58 +0100
From: Corinna Vinschen <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
To: cygwin <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
Subject: Re: Mutt w/ minimal Cygwin install
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In-Reply-To: <200102100510.VAA22408@cygnus.com>; from 01031149@3web.net on Fri, Feb 09, 2001 at 09:31:49PM -0700

On Fri, Feb 09, 2001 at 09:31:49PM -0700, Duke Normandin wrote:
> Hi....
> 
> New to list!
> 
> 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.

Corinna

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