# vi: ft=diff
This patch by Manuel Estrada Sainz <ranty@debian.org> is an improvement
to the compressed folder patch.

It was received at Debian's BTS, Bug#210429.

* Patch last synced with upstream:
  - Date: unknown (mutt_1.5.6-20040523+1)
  - File: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=210429&msg=11

* Changes made: NONE.
  
== END PATCH
--- mutt.orig/compress.c	2003-09-11 19:26:34.000000000 +0200
+++ mutt/compress.c		2003-09-11 19:58:05.000000000 +0200
@@ -98,11 +98,23 @@
 int mutt_can_append_compressed (const char *path)
 {
   int magic;
 
   if (is_new (path))
-    return (find_compress_hook (M_CLOSEHOOK, path) ? 1 : 0);
+  {
+    char *dir_path = safe_strdup(path);
+    char *aux = strrchr(dir_path, '/');
+    int dir_valid = 1;
+    if (aux)
+    {
+      *aux='\0';
+      if (access(dir_path, W_OK|X_OK))
+        dir_valid = 0;
+    }
+    safe_free((void**)&dir_path);
+    return dir_valid && (find_compress_hook (M_CLOSEHOOK, path) ? 1 : 0);
+  }
 
   magic = mx_get_magic (path);
 
   if (magic != 0 && magic != M_COMPRESSED)
     return 0;