Thunderbird fails to gather messages from var/mai/username

[Peter N. Spotts]

Hi Folks,

I'm running 9.04, 64-bit on a Dell Studio laptop. Has anyone found a fix
for a problem with Thunderbird failing to set up a lock file
in /var/mail/username? I consulted Dr. Google, and it looks like one of
the developers came up with a patch for TB version 1.9 or such. I have
a later version (2.0.0.23), but I'm still getting an error message
asking me to give the directory 01777 access. It happens on the Ubuntu
repository version, as well as one directly downloaded from TB's site.
So I've chmod'd it (recursively) to do so, and I still get the error
message. I've never run across a five-digit chmod code before, either. 

Anyway, I'd be grateful for some guidance on this...

With best regards,

Pete 
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