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From: gt5223b@prism.gatech.EDU (Doug Berkland)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.elm
Subject: HELP: Waiting to retrieve mail...
Message-ID: <23939@hydra.gatech.EDU>
Date: 9 Mar 91 04:55:09 GMT
Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology
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Recently whenever I try to run elm, I get the following:

Waiting to read mailbox while mail is being received: attempt #N

Where N = 0 to 7.

What does this mean?
How do I fix this?

Thanks in advance.
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Doug Berkland    Internet: gt5223b@hydra.gatech.edu   Phone: (404)676-9068
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