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Date:      Mon, 8 Jul 1996 09:08:53 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Stephen Hovey <shovey@buffnet.net>
To:        Vrushal Dongre <vdongre@rolta.com>
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: problem with ELM
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSD.3.91.960708090823.6814E-100000@buffnet7.buffnet.net>
In-Reply-To: <199607081639.AA22600@68f800.rolta.com>

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On Mon, 8 Jul 1996, Vrushal Dongre wrote:

> 
> Hello All !
> I need some help &...quickly please !
> I have a FBSD 2.0 mailserver & I have installed ELM on the system.
> The compilation went OK .
> But now when I type elm at the prompt I get the following messages :-
> 
>   Waiting  to read mailbox while mail is being received: attempt #n
> 
> After 7 attempts it says:-
>   Giving up after 7 iteration.
>   Please try to read your mail again in a few minutes.
>   Timed out on locking mailbox. Leaving program.

Are you trying to do this over NFS ?



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