Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cs.utexas.edu!uwm.edu!mixcom!sysop From: sysop@mixcom.UUCP (System Operator) Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix Subject: Email/MMDF delivery failures - help needed Message-ID: <109@mixcom.UUCP> Date: 29 May 90 02:18:05 GMT Distribution: usa Organization: MIX Communications, Milwaukee, WI (Public Access) Lines: 21 I am running SCO UNIX Sys V 3.2. I have an email problem. Email from other machines does not always get delivered. It usually does, but not always. Sometimes it gets delivered with a garbled header. When these problems occur, a copy of the letter can usually be found in /usr/spool/mmdf/lock/home/msg, with an ungarbled header. I have not found a reference to this directory in the docs yet (though I confess I have not read every word of every manual since I need a solution within my lifetime), and have no idea what it means. Can someone suggest ideas why email from certain machines sometimes gets delivered and other times is dumped into the directory mentioned above? The email has a correct address (user name). The machine has plenty of disk space. Dean -- Milwaukee Information eXchange (MIX), public access *NIX/Usenet MIX Communications, P.O. Box 17166, Milwaukee, WI 53217