"mail: message temporary file corrupted" when disk is full

[Alexandros Papadopoulos]

Binary package hint: mailx

On a full filesystem, attempts to invoke "mail" from the command line fail with the not very enlightening error message:

mail: message temporary file corrupted

Instead it should warn the user that there is no space left on device, and that's why it cannot open the user's mailbox.

[DaveThacker (dthacker9)]

Thanks for your comment. The changes you are requesting require more
discussion and should rather be done on an appropriate mailing list or
forum.

http://www.ubuntu.com/community/forums/ might be a good start.

DT