[Pkg-mutt-maintainers] Bug#877803: Bug#877803: mutt: corrupting mbox

[Elimar Riesebieter]

Hi Ben,

* Ben Elliston <bje at air.net.au> [2017-10-06 06:46 +1100]:

> Package: mutt
> Version: 1.8.3+neomutt20170609-2
> Severity: grave
> Justification: renders package unusable
> 
> Dear Maintainer,
> 
> mutt is corrupting my mbox when writing back the mbox after deleting messages
> (and quiting mutt).  I have a partial message in the start of the mbox, which
> makes mutt unable to read any of the messages in the mbox.

The following predication I don't understand? 

> This has only just started happening, but that could just be a coincidence.

Could you please describe more precisely what is corrupting your
mbox?

What tells:

$ mutt -D | grep mbox_type

What sort of messages did you deleted?
What is your definition of the "partial message"?

Elimar
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