andrew wrote:
> I am having trouble getting mutt to read my mail spool:
>
> /var/spool/mail/username
>
> Mail is delivered there by getmail / procmail and can be read by text
> editor but not by mutt. I have specified the spool in ~/.bashrc as
> well as in ~/.muttrc (covering all options).
>
> I have tried various permissions on the spool but I am keen to set
> these correctly. Can someone suggest the correct permissions?

your assumption that this is a permission problem isn't backed up by the
few sparse facts that you mention. in order for anyone here to help you,
you need to be much more specific: what is the error that mutt gives you?
how have you specified the spool file? can you read the spool when you type
c in mutt and then navigate to it or type its path manually?

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