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From: j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.mail.elm
Subject: Re: Elm does not like me :(
Date: 27 Jan 1996 20:49:30 GMT
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cdemps@lsumc.edu (root) writes:

> 1. wrong permissions (should be 2755)
> 2. wrong owner of the elm binary.
> 3. wrong group of the elm binary (should be the same as your mailboxes
> group)
> 4. wrong locking style for your system
> 5. wrong permissions of /var/spool/mail (should be 775)

All this is NOT recommedable.  See Ollivier's reply for a better
approach.

-- 
cheers, J"org

joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE
Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)