Andries.Brouwer@cwi.nl writes: > A few days ago I installed a Debian system (V3.0r1). > When emacs is invoked it says "No /etc/mailname. Reverting to default..." > and waits for 3 seconds. Of course this is very undesirable. > > Something is broken. Yes, and it's emacs. Waiting 3 seconds is just silly. -- Falk