Why does `mutt` fail to send the mails with error `Couldn't lock /home/test/sent`?
Issue
- While sending mails using
mutt
, the mail was not sent and below message was displayed.
$ mutt -s "Test message" test@example.com < testfile.txt
fcntl: Function not implemented (errno = 38)
Couldn't lock /home/test/sent
Could not send the message.
- The file sent is available in
home
directory. - The permission on the
home
directory is755
. - It happens regardless of whether or not there is a
maildir
,Maildir
,Mail
, etc. directory inhome
directory as well. - Sending mails using
mail
command is successful.
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
mutt-1.5.20-2.20091214hg736b6a.el6_1.1.x86_64
- Home directories with
Lustre filesystem
.
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