[comp.mail.misc] smail

pbirns@violet.berkeley.edu (12/12/86)

I am running uniplus+ system V and have sendmail,
which I know next to nothing about.
What does a sendmail.cf file contain?
Can I configure sendmail to understand internet etc.
And lastly how can I get sendmail to use pathalias data?

thanx in advance for any info,
matkins

ejnihill@sactoh0.UUCP (Eric J. Nihill) (02/28/89)

System=AT&T 3B2/310
Issue =SVR3.2
Compiler Issue= 4.2
smail=2.5
patchlevel= 00

I am having the following trouble regarding smail/mail.

When a user tries to use 'mail' and delete a letter after reading it,
they get the following message:
lmail: Cannot open savefile

When trying to delete 1 letter without reading the rest of the
mail using the 'mailx' command, you receive the following:
/usr/mail/:saved/username: No such file of directory

 If someone has the patches that will cure this, I would appreciate
it if you could pass them on to me.
 Thank-you for your time and assistance;
                                        Eric

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guy@auspex.UUCP (Guy Harris) (03/02/89)

>I am having the following trouble regarding smail/mail.

Neither of the problems you mention have anything whatsoever to do with
"smail".  Both the S5R3.1 (and, presumably, the S5R3.2) "mail" and
"mailx" seem to expect there to be a directory "/usr/mail/:saved"; make
sure that directory exists and, if it doesn't exist, create it (it
probably should have the same ownership and modes as "/usr/mail", but I
don't know for sure).