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From: stephan@forthdv.pfm-mainz.de (Stephan Forth)
Subject: Re: Elm does not like me :(
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Date: Tue, 23 Jan 1996 20:48:55 GMT
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Brian Springstead (bspring@j51.com) wrote:
: install.  Well it compiled ok and installed, but every time I tried to
: use elm I got something like:

: Trying to read mailbox while receiving mail #x where x is a number of
: tries.

Hi,

I had the very same problem under SunOS. It was a permissions problem
in /var/spool/mail. The user mailboxes had the wrong permissions.

Hope I could help you.

Stephan
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