Re: bin/47577: Mail(1)/mail(1)/mailx(1) gets stuck when current folder becomes accessible

[christos%zoulas.com@localhost (Christos Zoulas)]

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From: christos%zoulas.com@localhost (Christos Zoulas)
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Subject: Re: bin/47577: Mail(1)/mail(1)/mailx(1) gets stuck when current folder 
becomes accessible
Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2013 10:49:26 -0500

 On Feb 18,  2:25pm, sdaoden%gmail.com@localhost (sdaoden%gmail.com@localhost) 
wrote:
 -- Subject: bin/47577: Mail(1)/mail(1)/mailx(1) gets stuck when current folde
 
 | If you open a folder with a relative path, use the cd command to change the 
current working directory, then any action that needs to update the opened 
folder (as opposed to the temporary MBOX; e.g., switching to a different 
folder) will fail and claim that the opened folder is not accessible.
 | You need to cd to a path which turns the relative folder path accessible 
again to be able to continue.
 | This is just one facet of a basic architectural problem of Berkeley Mail, 
i.e., concurrent deletion of the current folder etc. still bails, but for this 
particular aspect the solution is easy.
 
 I think it is better to canonicalize the name when the name is set? No?
 
 christos