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From: john@beaudin.UUCP (John Beaudin)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.elm
Subject: Re: Elm and SCO Unix using MMDF
Message-ID: <1407@beaudin.UUCP>
Date: 8 Aug 90 10:33:42 GMT
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root@raider.mfee.tn.us (Bob Reineri) writes:

>Is anyone out there successfully using the elm 2.3 PL5 mailer with a stock SCO
>Unix 3.2.0 (Update A) system ? Perhaps someone could help.

>The problem is in sending mail when the program is run by a user other than 
>root. For root, everything works fine. Other users get the following message,
>after hitting the 's' key to send a message (after composition and editing):

>    submit:  [Permission denied] Can't create text file to be queued.
>    submit:  message submission aborted

I've been thru this and netters helped me out. Run /usr/mmdf/bin/checkup.
It will notify you of probable permission problems.
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