fyi: exmh 2.7.2 has problem saving attached files..

Hi,

Stanford IT recently upgraded it's deployed exmh from v2.5 to v2.7.2. I've 
since run into the below described problem.

the machine I run exmh on @stanford is of Sun-Solaris flavor.

might there be an installation config knob/setting that didn't get twiddled 
appropriately? I don't know if this is an issue on any other deployed machine 
arcitecture there @stanford. i don't think many folks use exmh any longer, so 
I doubt the IT folks are getting much feedback on it overall.

thanks,

JeffH

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Subject: exmh 2.7.2 has problem saving attached files..
To: someone in stanford IT
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From: [email protected]
Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2006 06:43:34 -0700

..if there is an existing file with the same name. 

I regularly email  myself files, eg to update my web page ;)  (since I don't 
run AFS on my lapstation when I'm off-campus (which is all the time these 
days)), and on exmh 2.5 I would simply save the file, eg index.html, and 
overwrite the existing file, and voila all done.

now exmh complains only that there is an error in copying the attached file 
from /tmp to the target location. if the existing file is first removed, then 
it saves it fine. I checked permissions and all and don't think that is an 
issue.

offhand, it doesn't look like there is an exmh preference governing this. 

I can submit this as a helpsu ticket if you wish. 

thanks,

JeffH



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