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From: Gary Kline <kline@tera.com>
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Subject: Re: Installing ELM
To: nickliu@netcom.com (Nick Liu)
Date: Sun, 30 Jun 1996 10:57:55 -0700 (PDT)
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In-Reply-To: <199606301635.JAA12468@dfw-ix4.ix.netcom.com> from Nick Liu at "Jun 30, 96 09:35:41 am"
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According to Nick Liu:
> I installed ELM yesterday and when I tried to run it, it says "attempt to
> lock mail..." then after 6 attempts it exited out with an error.
> 
> I bet someone had the same experience and knew the fix.  Help!!!
> 

	You are using the incorrect locking mechanism.  Run
	through the `Configure' script again.  The default is
	wrong for FreeBSD.


	gary kline


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