[GH-ISSUE #1648] Mutt cannot get to the email user file #1109

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opened 2026-05-05 07:28:02 -06:00 by gitea-mirror · 3 comments
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Originally created by @lhernanz on GitHub (Nov 15, 2017).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/netblue30/firejail/issues/1648

Ubuntu 16.04 running 0.9.50. Mutt cannot get to /var/mail/username as /var/mail is blacklisted in disable-common.inc.
A noblacklist /var/mail clause is needed in the mutt profile.

Originally created by @lhernanz on GitHub (Nov 15, 2017). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/netblue30/firejail/issues/1648 Ubuntu 16.04 running 0.9.50. Mutt cannot get to /var/mail/username as /var/mail is blacklisted in disable-common.inc. A `noblacklist /var/mail` clause is needed in the mutt profile.
gitea-mirror 2026-05-05 07:28:03 -06:00
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@Fred-Barclay commented on GitHub (Nov 15, 2017):

G'day @lhernanz !
This was added by @smitsohu in a3b053dba9. You should see this when firejail 0.9.52 is released. 😄
Cheers!
Fred

<!-- gh-comment-id:344760372 --> @Fred-Barclay commented on GitHub (Nov 15, 2017): G'day @lhernanz ! This was added by @smitsohu in a3b053dba9778520708460c37b4fcfc2da95d5c3. You should see this when firejail 0.9.52 is released. 😄 Cheers! Fred
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@lhernanz commented on GitHub (Nov 16, 2017):

Thanks!
Next time I will look into master to see if you have already fixed the problem. This project is evolving really fast :)

<!-- gh-comment-id:344810331 --> @lhernanz commented on GitHub (Nov 16, 2017): Thanks! Next time I will look into master to see if you have already fixed the problem. This project is evolving really fast :)
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@lhernanz commented on GitHub (Jan 29, 2018):

I updated to 0.9.52-2. Mutt can get to the spool file now, but only in read-only mode. Probably the reason is the default configuration where var is mounted in read-only mode. Can you add a writable-var or similar so that mutt can write into the file?
Thanks

<!-- gh-comment-id:361178211 --> @lhernanz commented on GitHub (Jan 29, 2018): I updated to 0.9.52-2. Mutt can get to the spool file now, but only in read-only mode. Probably the reason is the default configuration where var is mounted in read-only mode. Can you add a `writable-var` or similar so that mutt can write into the file? Thanks
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