[Users] Reading html mail.

[Malachi Constant]

On Tue, 26 Nov 2024 12:05:13 +0600
Dustin Miller <dustbiz at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Tue, 26 Nov 2024 02:45:54 +0000
> Malachi Constant <malachi42 at posteo.net> wrote:
> 
> > On my old laptop I can view emails in html format by right-clicking
> > on a small rectangle near the right hand edgen of the claws-mail
> > window, and then left-clicking on "Open".
> > 
> > If I try this on my new laptop I get a message to the effect
> > 
> > > Access to the file was denied
> > > 
> > > The file at
> > > /home/malachi/.claws-mail/mimetmp/00000001.mimetmp.html is not
> > > readable.
> > > 
> > >     It may have been removed, moved, or file permissions may be
> > > preventing  access.  
> > 
> > The file .claws-mail/mimetmp/00000001.mimetmp.html is there, and is
> > indeed not readable.
> > 
> > Is there some setting that I can adjust so that such files will be
> > readable?  Or is there something else that I should do? ...
> > 
> DM: Have you checked whether the file permissions are the problem?

Well, I thought I had.  The error message said the file was unreadable.
I checked that the file exists and is not readable.  That is, it is
readable only by "user", and NOT by "group" or "other".  So I thought
that that was the problem.

However I compared with my old laptop, just now, and the relevant files
had the same permissions: "-rw-------" .

So maybe file permissions are not the problem.  But then, what *is* the
problem?  The error message says "Access to the file was denied".  But
I can do ls -l in .claws-mail/mimetmp and the permissions are as given
above.

What else can I investigate?

> Another angle would be to compare / contrast the setups of your old
> and new laptops, noting any things that are different. That might
> then help you come up with a short-list of things to look into for
> this and other issues that only show up on the new laptop.

I've done that.  A whole lot! As far as I can tell, the setups are
identical.

I have no idea where to look next.

sincerely,

Unk