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From: vijay@topaz.RUTGERS.EDU (P. Vijay)
Newsgroups: net.emacs
Subject: Re: Question about GNU Emacs rmail
Message-ID: <3746@topaz.RUTGERS.EDU>
Date: Mon, 23-Sep-85 06:27:01 EDT
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Posted: Mon Sep 23 06:27:01 1985
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> 
> When I try to execute rmail by typing ``M-x rmail'', the cursor goes
> back to the beginning of the mini-buffer and just stays there and
> everything seems dead.  As soon as I type ``C-g'', It says something
>
> Any suggestions/helpful hints etc. will be appreciated.
> 

	GNU Emacs RMail'er uses a program called 'movemail'.
'movemail' is the one that locks your spool directory mail box
(/usr/spool/mail/phaedrus), and moves all the mail you received since
the last time you read it. Thus, 'movemail' must be setgid'ed to the
group 'mail', (the group that /usr/spool/mail belongs to). While you
are at it, you might also check whether 'loadst' is setgid'ed to the
group that /dev/kmem belongs to.

You'll probably find 'movemail' in the directory /usr/local/gnuemacs/etc.
Actually, it is one of the directories in the list stored in the Emacs
variable "exec-path", or the directory that is the value of the Emacs
variable "exec-directory".

	Hope this helps..

						--Vijay--


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