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Article #723Re: Mail Woes II
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Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1992 19:02
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1992 19:02
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In article <1992Aug13.164556.20434@newshost.lanl.gov> 092306@hyperion.lanl.gov (Jerry Weber D417 7-7410) writes: > Mail on my NeXT responds with : > > Fatal Error > > Invalid Mail Directory: /usr/spool/mail/user > > > I have checked all the permissions that I can think of and even tried logging > into a diffrent machine with the same result. Can anyone shed some light on > what might be the cause? Is your uid at your mailhost machine the same as the one on your station. ls -l /usr/spool/mail/user shows owner to be your uid. I hope this is it. I had a similar problem once.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!crdgw1!newsun!gateway.novell.com!news From: root@next2.eng.sandy.novell.com (Operator) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Mail Woes II Message-ID: <1992Aug13.190237.9999@gateway.novell.com> Date: 13 Aug 92 19:02:37 GMT References: <1992Aug13.164556.20434@newshost.lanl.gov> Sender: news@gateway.novell.com (NetNews) Distribution: all Organization: Novell, Inc. Lines: 20 Nntp-Posting-Host: next2.eng.sandy.novell.com