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- Path: sparky!uunet!unislc!erc
- From: erc@unislc.uucp (Ed Carp)
- Subject: Re: SLS mail problem
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- References: <1992Sep12.182443.2673@cambria.columbus.oh.us>
- Message-ID: <1992Sep14.195909.23288@unislc.uucp>
- Organization: Unisys Corporation SLC
- Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1992 19:59:09 GMT
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- Bill Jones (bjones@cambria.columbus.oh.us) wrote:
-
- : In order to have mail work correctly, you need to create a mail file for
- : each of your users in the directory /usr/spool/mail. A simple
- :
- : touch <user-name>
- :
- : will do the trick. This file must be owned by the intended user with group
- : set to be the same as the mail group (on my machine -- ``system''). Then
- : `chmod 660 *' or some less restrictive mask. Then mail should work fine.
- : (Be sure to allow read/write accress to the directory /usr/spool/mail for
- : both root and the group. Sonce I am in the group system my permissions are
- : set at 775. You may have to change yours to 777 to allow anyone -- meaning
- : you as non-root -- to write there.)
-
- There is a small program in the mail source directory that allows you to
- automagically build null mailboxes for users. I think this is fixed in
- mailpak-1.3, but I will check before I upload it this afternoon.
- --
- Ed Carp, N7EKG erc@apple.com 801/538-0177
- "This is the final task I will ever give you, and it goes on forever. Act
- happy, feel happy, be happy, without a reason in the world. Then you can love,
- and do what you will." -- Dan Millman, "Way Of The Peaceful Warrior"
-