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From: martin@tibbs.uucp (Martin Walker)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.elm
Subject: Re: elm under sco unix 3.2v2
Message-ID: <1991Jun28.223849.1015@tibbs.uucp>
Date: 28 Jun 91 22:38:49 GMT
References: <17201@darkstar.ucsc.edu>
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In <17201@darkstar.ucsc.edu> adam@ucscg.UCSC.EDU (At these prices, I can't NAME names) writes:
>	I have compiled elm under sco unix and am trying to get it
>to submit mail to mmdf properly. It reads mail that has arrived
>just great but cannot mail out. This is puzzling because the Configure
>script specifically asks if you are using mmdf and then seems to
>chew on that info for a bit. So before I go in and spend a lot of time
>on this, is there a prefabricated answer?

The config only asks you if you're using mmdf to keep the mailbox file
format straight. I got elm running nicely on SCO Unix 2.3v2 by specifying
/usr/lib/mail/execmail as the mail transport. execmail calls mmdf's
submit with all the correct parameters, so you won't have to worry about 
them.


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