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From: beckerd@grover.cs.unc.edu (David Becker)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.elm
Subject: placement of lock file
Summary: getting it into /tmp
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Date: 31 Jan 90 18:34:37 GMT
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Only root has write permission in our /usr/spool/mail on some of the
vaxen here.  On start up elm dies with the message 'Can't create lock file!'

Can I configure elm to put it in /tmp?

David Becker            Have you crashed your machine today? 
beckerd@cs.unc.edu