Date: Mon, 4 Aug 1997 13:26:34 -0500 (CDT) From: "Paul T. Root" <proot@horton.iaces.com> To: kleon@bellsouth.net Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Elm aliases? Message-ID: <199708041826.NAA04101@horton.iaces.com> In-Reply-To: <33E606EE.B4A@bellsouth.net> from Keith Leonard at "Aug 4, 97 11:44:30 am"
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In a previous message, Keith Leonard said: > Howdy, > > On my main machine (486DX4 with 32 megs ram) I have installed elm as my > mail reader. After setup I created file aliases.text per Elm User Guide > and ran 'newaliases' the result was that I could type 'me' at the > Reply-To: prompt and have my full name and email inserted automatically. > > Now the problem, same install on laptop same proceedure and set up to > duplicating .profile on both machine (using bash). Same aliases.text > file in ~/.elm/, same 'newaliases', --- NO ALIAS!. It reports the same > number of aliases no matter what I put in the aliases.text file (and I > put some very colorful aliases. > > I've had both machines up and running at the same time - every thing > looks the same, created two (one on each machine) new aliases.text file > and ran 'newaliases' on both. Result - desktop machine - new aliases are > create and work in elm. Laptop machine - NO new aliases and total > failure. > > Something I've missed??? It should be newalias not newaliases. The 'newalias' command is elm, 'newaliases' is sendmail. Other than that, permissions? Paul. -- 99 Reasons Baseball is Better Than Football - Number 10: Baseball has no penalties at all. A home run is a home run. You cheer. In football, on a score, you look for flags. If there's one, who's it on? When can we cheer? Football acts can all be repealed. Baseball acts stand forever. - Tom Boswell, _The Heart of the Order_
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