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From: J Wunsch <j@uriah.heep.sax.de>
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Subject: Re: /var/mail default permissions??
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Date: Thu, 11 Apr 1996 09:53:27 +0200 (MET DST)
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In-Reply-To: <199604101642.SAA05375@zibbi.mikom.csir.co.za> from "John Hay" at Apr 10, 96 06:42:47 pm
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As John Hay wrote:
> Hmm. I also got that.

Me too, but i knew where the problem was, quickly left elm, edited my
inbox, started elm again, and had to smile about Terry's
explanation. ;-)

(This From_ convention is really the worst thing in the entire mail
handling.)

> > > login: fred
> > > passord:
> > > %
> > > % ls -l /var/mail/peter
> > > % ls: /var/mail/peter: No such file or directory
> > > % cat > /var/mail/peter
> > > 
> > 
> > That was the end of Terry's message.

-- 
cheers, J"org

joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE
Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)