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Re: Mutt crashing when opening a mail



> - Could you try whether mutt crashes on your machine even when
>   invoked with the parameters -R -n -F /dev/null?  (These will
>   disable all the configuration files you have; the -R makes sure
>   mutt doesn't screw up some mailbox you open with it.)
>   Could you also try to run mutt with a configuration file that only
>   contains your PGP-related settings?

Before any further reading, note that I have no PGP-related settings since I
don't use it. Could this be the source of my problem ?

I think so, because I just noticed that (my bad) when mutt crashes, "Appel de
PGP...Erreur de segmentation" which stands for "Calling PHP...Segmentation
fault". Beside that, running `mutt -R -n -F /dev/null` doesn't help.

I'm not used to PGP nor to any encryption scheme, I just haven't even tried to
understand it yet. But your message *is* readable, how should it be PGP
related ?

> - Also, is there a core dump on your machine that you could
>   investigate?  And could you try to upgrade your machine to 1.5.12
>   or current CVS, and see whether mutt contines to crash?

There is no core dump with my version. I've compiled mutt 1.5.12, and instead
of a segmentation fault, I can read a nice notice:

  [-- Error: unable to create PGP subprocess! --]

My question is that if the message is written in plain text (I can read it with
my-favorite-text-editor), why does it need PGP ?

I just don't know what to think about it. I guess it's time for me to read
about mail privacy :).

Sorry for wasting your time Kyle, and thanks for everything.