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Re: Mutt can not delete mails

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On Thu 28 Oct 2021 at 16:16:58 (+0200), Hans wrote:
> Am Donnerstag, 28. Oktober 2021, 15:38:34 CEST schrieb Greg Wooledge:
> [ … ] This is step-by-step what I do:
> 
> Starting mutt from the commandline as normal user.  Mutt in ncurses appears. 
> Now I want to mark and delete all mails. I press Shift+D, then it asks the for 
> the sample and I press . (dot) and * (asterix). 
> 
> By pressing the "Enter" key all mails are marked ND+.
> 
> Now pressing "q" (for quit) and it asks me "20 as deletion marked mails 
> delete? ([yes]/no):" (Note, I have a German environment, so it asks me in 
> German. This sentence a translated by me).
>  
> I answer yes, and it appears "temporary file could not be created".
> 
> Pressing again "q" and now answer "no", mutt closes.
> 
> Does this help?

Two possibilities spring to mind:

 3.349. trash

 Type: path
 Default: (empty)

 If set, this variable specifies the path of the trash folder where the mails
 marked for deletion will be moved, instead of being irremediably purged.

 NOTE: When you delete a message in the trash folder, it is really deleted, so
 that you have a way to clean the trash.

You've specified the trash in a place you can't write to,
and, a little less likely:

 3.56. delete

 Type: quadoption
 Default: ask-yes

 Controls whether or not messages are really deleted when closing or
 synchronizing a mailbox. If set to yes, messages marked for deleting will
 automatically be purged without prompting. If set to no, messages marked for
 deletion will be kept in the mailbox.

Cheers,
David.

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Mutt can not delete mails Hans <hans.ullrich@loop.de> - 2021-10-28 15:30 +0200
  Re: Mutt can not delete mails Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2021-10-28 15:40 +0200
    Re: Mutt can not delete mails Hans <hans.ullrich@loop.de> - 2021-10-28 16:20 +0200
      Re: Mutt can not delete mails David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2021-10-28 16:30 +0200
      Re: Mutt can not delete mails Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2021-10-28 16:40 +0200
        Re: Mutt can not delete mails David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2021-10-28 16:50 +0200
          Re: Mutt can not delete mails Hans <hans.ullrich@loop.de> - 2021-10-28 17:50 +0200
          Re: Mutt can not delete mails Hans <hans.ullrich@loop.de> - 2021-10-28 17:50 +0200
            Re: Mutt can not delete mails Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2021-10-28 18:00 +0200
            Re: Mutt can not delete mails Tixy <tixy@yxit.co.uk> - 2021-10-28 18:20 +0200
              Re: Mutt can not delete mails David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2021-11-04 16:40 +0100
      Re: Mutt can not delete mails Tim Woodall <debianuser@woodall.me.uk> - 2021-10-28 18:20 +0200
        Re: Mutt can not delete mails David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2021-11-04 16:50 +0100
      Re: Mutt can not delete mails David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2021-11-11 21:50 +0100
        Re: Mutt can not delete mails Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2021-11-11 22:00 +0100
          Re: Mutt can not delete mails David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2021-11-12 03:10 +0100
          Re: Mutt can not delete mails Hans <hans.ullrich@loop.de> - 2021-11-12 19:10 +0100
            Re: Mutt can not delete mails Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2021-11-12 19:50 +0100
              Re: Mutt can not delete mails Hans <hans.ullrich@loop.de> - 2021-11-12 21:00 +0100
                Re: Mutt can not delete mails Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2021-11-12 21:10 +0100
                Re: Mutt can not delete mails David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2021-11-13 04:30 +0100

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