[net.unix-wizards] cannot write to /dev/console: Bad filenumber

conrad <@CSNET-RELAY.ARPA,@ucsc.csnet (Al Conrad):conrad@ucsc.cs (01/04/85)

We also get the message "cannot write to /dev/console: Bad filenumber" every
time we invoke mail.  Our /etc/hosts file contains "127.1 localhost" as the
very first line.  We are on a network and the message gets printed whether
one is mailing onto the local machine or a remote machine.

Any help will, of course, be appreciated.

We also hate sendmail.