Date: Mon, 8 Jul 1996 20:20:58 -0400 (EDT) From: rhh@ct.picker.com (Randall Hopper) To: vdongre@rolta.com (Vrushal Dongre) Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: problem with ELM Message-ID: <199607090020.UAA17945@elmer.picker.com> In-Reply-To: <199607081639.AA22600@68f800.rolta.com> from "Vrushal Dongre" at Jul 8, 96 04:39:25 pm
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Vrushal Dongre: >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. > >Can anyone tell me what I have to do to make ELM work ? If I make any changes >to the configuration file will I have to recompile the whole thing again ? >i.e. run --> 'make all ' ? Here's what I'm using in my ELM (from config.h): /*#define USE_FLOCK_LOCKING*/ /**/ #define USE_DOTLOCK_LOCKING /**/ #define USE_FCNTL_LOCKING /**/ #define LOCK_DIR "/var/spool/uucp" /**/ then, pick a group that all your mail users will be in (e.g. staff) and then (as root): cd /var chgrp staff mail chmod 2777 mail Randall Hopper rhh@ct.picker.com
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