NetNews Usenet Archive 1992 #19/NN_1992_19.iso/spool/comp/mail/elm/2222

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From: [e-mail] (Oisin McGuinness)
Subject:  Configuring ELM 2.3 (PL11) on DECstation 3100 (Ultrix 4.2)
Organization: Mathematics Department, Columbia University
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Summary: Problems setting up ELM on DECstation, Help please!
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Keywords: ELM, Ultrix, DECstation
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1992 13:54:11 GMT
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A new user of our system (several DECstations, all NFS mounting a
common /usr/spool/mail directory for incoming mail) wanted to use
ELM for handling his mail. I got it (2.3, PL11) and ran the Configure
script (shades of perl!), and installed it. It correctly reads
from the spool directory mailbox, and can save/print etc., BUT it
does not work "the same way" as he is accustomed to. Specifically,
when new mail is displayed there is no N marking the mail in the header,
(to signify unread mail), when one quits ELM there is no prompting
to save mail elsewhere (despite him using the same .elm/elmrc file
as before).

The setup is usable, but not friendly. Is this a NFS/lock type problem?
(By the way, elm is running setgid. I can send you our config file
if it would help.)

Replies by email please, if not of general interest.

Oisin McGuinness
Systems Manager
Mathematics Dept.
Columbia University
New York NY 10027
(212)-854-2642
[e-mail]