> syslog:
> Mar 15 19:35:43 darykon innd: /usr/local/news/history cant dbminit ME No such file or directory

Hi Gerry:

please read the entire INN documentation and check out the INN FAQ. You 
problem shouldn't appear if you really followed all the instructions in the
documentation.

Regards,
Chris

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Christian Kuhtz <kuhtz@isrl.cba.uni.edu>, http://www.cba.uni.edu/~kuhtz
IS Research Lab,College of Business Administration, University of Northern Iowa
Cedar Falls, IA, USA. Disclaimer: "If you think I speak for someone else than 
myself, then I've got some swamp land real estate to sell you."