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Date: 15 Jan 90 22:16:19 GMT
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GNU Emacs Bugs				January 15, 1990
bug-gnu-emacs@prep.ai.mit.edu



Dear Sirs:

I am not sure whether what I wish to discuss is a bug, but it
certainly is a pest.

I am trying to read my e-mail  while in emacs, using rmail.  However, it
seems to be trying to write in the system mail  directory.  I believe it
is writing only  temporary  files there,  however the  directory is (and
should be) write protected to the common user.

I am running  emacs  version  18.54.1 on version  6.5 of HP's Unix.  The
mail  system   directory  is  /usr/mail.  When  I  make  this  directory
writeable by all, the emacs rmail  facility  runs fine, though it leaves
no files in the  directory.  I can't find a variable  to set to  specify
the "scratch"  directory  without modifying where the mail is monitored.
It seems this "scratch" directory should be specified as the user's home
directory.

Do you know any workaround to this problem?  Have I missed something
or do I misunderstand this issue?



Thanks,
Denny Renfrow
Hewlett-Packard
dmr@hpda.hp.com