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From: rob@mtdiablo.Concord.CA.US (Rob Bernardo)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.elm
Subject: Re: I need ELM for my personal use
Message-ID: <1991Feb28.174956.6309@mtdiablo.Concord.CA.US>
Date: 28 Feb 91 17:49:56 GMT
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Organization: Mt. Diablo Software Solutions
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alan@hercules.acpub.duke.edu wrote:
>
>My system administrator has decided not to install ELM on our DEC's
>(running Ultrix) for several months - if at all.  However, he said that
>we are free to obtain copies of the program and run it out of our
>individual accounts if we so desire.

One thing to watch out for in a situation like this is that elm (at least
on most systems) needs to run setgid to the group that owns the mail
spool directory and you will need non-ordinary permissions to install
it properly.
-- 
Rob Bernardo					Mt. Diablo Software Solutions
email: rob@mtdiablo.Concord.CA.US		phone: (415) 827-4301