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From: vlr@litwin.com (Vic Rice)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.elm,comp.unix.sysv386
Subject: Re: elm and SCO Open Desktop (SCO Unix) MMDF error from submit
Message-ID: <1990Sep22.160512.2850@litwin.com>
Date: 22 Sep 90 16:05:12 GMT
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rob@lafayet.UUCP (Rob Freyder) writes:

>Elm doesnt work unless root sends the mail.  If a non-root user sends mail
>an error is generated by submit ...
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>There is a problem with the way permissions are set I think.


Yup, it is permissions. The following solved my problem:
  1. su to mmdf
  2. run /usr/mmdf/bin/checkup
  
That should solve your permissions problems.
-- 
Dr. Victor L. Rice
Litwin Process Automation