From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Oct 7 16:09:07 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id QAA07149 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 7 Oct 1996 16:09:07 -0700 (PDT) Received: from veda.is (root@ubiq.veda.is [193.4.230.60]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id QAA07143 for ; Mon, 7 Oct 1996 16:08:59 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from adam@localhost) by veda.is (8.7.6/8.7.3) id XAA06629; Mon, 7 Oct 1996 23:08:14 GMT From: Adam David Message-Id: <199610072308.XAA06629@veda.is> Subject: Re: Netscape mail (out of memory) To: ttam@mail.iidpwr.com Date: Mon, 7 Oct 1996 23:08:13 +0000 (GMT) Cc: questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <96Oct7.140003pdt.15360@mail.iidpwr.com> from ttam at "Oct 7, 96 01:43:44 pm" X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL22 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > > What's the deal with Netscape mail? I must be missing some configuration > > detail? Whenever I try to mail from Netscape, it fails with: > > > > Netscape is out of memory. > > > > Try quitting some other applications or closing > > some windows. > > > > There is no shortage of memory on the system when this happens. > > As far as I can tell, I have created all the necessary files and directories > > and filled out relevant configuration details, for mail to work in Netscape. > > The SMTP server is reachable and functioning, but Netscape gives up before > > sending the actual message data. Tony Tam: > Have you checked you have a lock file in your .netscape directory? > As soon as I > deleted that lock file, Netscape worked. Netscape works for me, but the "send" function of the Netscape mailer fails to complete normally. I've seen a lockfile left after a crash, but that's not the problem here. Thanks anyway. -- Adam David