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Re: elm problem



Erik van der Meulen wrote:
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> At 08:19 PM 10/29/96 +1100, Lawrence Chim wrote:
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> >I don't know why when I run elm, it displays the following message then
> >quit.
> >
> >Waiting to read mailbox while mail is being received: attempt #0
> >
> 
> That used to occur from a bug in an old Slackware release. This had to do
> with permissions/ownership settings of the inbox files in /var/spool/mail.
> Check to see if they are:
> 
>     -rw-rw----   username   mail
> 
> Hope this helps.
> 

the permission is ok. it is strange because other user
have no problem to use elm, but only of the users.

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