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From: wls@astro.umd.edu (William L. Sebok)
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Subject: Re: 4.1 mail
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Date: 7 Oct 90 21:30:00 GMT
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<My 4.1 mail refuses to read from stdin when you try to read you mail.  It
<takes a long time start up, and if you leave it alone for about 30
<seconds, it behaves as if you typed q.  I copied a 4.0.3 mail from another
<system and it appears to work.  Any suggestions?

Under 4.1 the mail directory needs to be mode 1777 for mail to work.
Otherwise you get symptoms like you described.

Bill Sebok      Univ. of Maryland, Astronomy    Internet: wls@astro.umd.edu