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Upgrades break custom settings

Homebrew upgrades will overwrite the settings file linked to /usr/local/etc/Muttrc (e.g. /usr/local/Cellar/mutt/1.14.6/etc/Muttrc). Copying over it will restore customized settings. cp ~/repos/dotfiles/Muttrc /usr/local/etc/Muttrc

Set correct permissions

https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2002/01/msg00172.html

  • The user does not matter but the group must be 'mail'.
  • Permissions do matter.
chown root:mail /usr/local/bin/mutt_dotlock
chmod 2755 /usr/local/bin/mutt_dotlock

If that does not work, follow the soft links to obtain the original file path and use that.

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