Subject: Re: problem reading mail
To: Brad Salai <bsalai@tmonline.com>
From: Brad Salai <bsalai@servtech.com>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 06/01/1997 18:33:16
> When I try to telnet into my 1.2.1 machine I get the following:
>
> /netbsd: arplookup: unable to enter address for ccb503bf
Well, this was just a dumb addressing error. I got the addresses and
netmask right, and this disappeared.
>
> I also cant get elm to read the mail because (I think) it can't
> lock the mailbox for reading.
>
> I suspect that I have somehow messed up the permissions on
>
> /var or /tmp or something.
>
> Does anyone have a suggestion?
>
This is still broken. If someone could let me know what /var/mail permissions,
and /var/mail/usrid permissions should look like, that may do it.
Brad