[Discuss] Mutt showing "Mailbox is read-only." error

[bill at horne.net (Bill Horne)]

On 8/2/2014 11:31 AM, Richard Pieri wrote:
> On 8/2/2014 11:09 AM, Bill Horne wrote:
>> habit: when I open my default mailbox, and try to delete an email, I get
>> the error
>> "Mailbox is read-only.*"
> This is probably the ownership and permissions on the spool directory
> (/var/mail). The ownership should be root:mail. Permissions at a minimum
> should be 2775 (u+rwx,g+rwxs,o+rx).
>
> Once these are set you should check the ownerships and permissions of
> the spool files. Ownership should be ${USER}:mail and permissions should
> be 660 (u+rw,g+rw,o-a).

I made the changes, and added the "postfix" user to the "mail" group. It 
works OK now.

THANK YOU for your help!

Bill
P.S. Is there a list of "Standard" permissions for a new Ubuntu 14.04 
LTS install?

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