adam@ucscg.UCSC.EDU (At these prices, I can't NAME names) (06/19/91)
Hi, I have not been monitoring this newsgroup for a while so if this is a FAQ please excuse me. I have compiled elm under sco unix and am trying to get it to submit mail to mmdf properly. It reads mail that has arrived just great but cannot mail out. This is puzzling because the Configure script specifically asks if you are using mmdf and then seems to chew on that info for a bit. So before I go in and spend a lot of time on this, is there a prefabricated answer?
syd@DSI.COM (Syd Weinstein) (06/19/91)
adam@ucscg.UCSC.EDU (At these prices, I can't NAME names) writes: > I have compiled elm under sco unix and am trying to get it >to submit mail to mmdf properly. It reads mail that has arrived >just great but cannot mail out. This is puzzling because the Configure >script specifically asks if you are using mmdf and then seems to >chew on that info for a bit. So before I go in and spend a lot of time >on this, is there a prefabricated answer? This is probably one of two problems, one is a FAQ, the other is not... Most likely: SCO Distributes MMDF with a directory with the wrong permissions. Run the MMDF script checkup to determine which directory has the wrong permissions and fix that directory. Second item: Elm 2.3 at PL0 did not work great with SCO's MMDF. However along the early patches SCO MMDF support got better and some of the later pateches added MMDF support to some of the utils. So, be sure you are at Elm 2.3 PL11. -- ===================================================================== Sydney S. Weinstein, CDP, CCP Elm Coordinator Datacomp Systems, Inc. Voice: (215) 947-9900 syd@DSI.COM or dsinc!syd FAX: (215) 938-0235
bw@uecok.ecok.edu (Bill Walker CS Dept. Chairman) (06/20/91)
We had good luck having elm present the mail through "submit". It avoided some of the hassles associated with SCO's (really funny) "security" system. bw@cs.ecok.edu
martin@tibbs.uucp (Martin Walker) (06/29/91)
In <17201@darkstar.ucsc.edu> adam@ucscg.UCSC.EDU (At these prices, I can't NAME names) writes: > I have compiled elm under sco unix and am trying to get it >to submit mail to mmdf properly. It reads mail that has arrived >just great but cannot mail out. This is puzzling because the Configure >script specifically asks if you are using mmdf and then seems to >chew on that info for a bit. So before I go in and spend a lot of time >on this, is there a prefabricated answer? The config only asks you if you're using mmdf to keep the mailbox file format straight. I got elm running nicely on SCO Unix 2.3v2 by specifying /usr/lib/mail/execmail as the mail transport. execmail calls mmdf's submit with all the correct parameters, so you won't have to worry about them. -- Martin Walker | ..!uunet!ddsw1!olsa99!tabbs!tibbs!martin @ | "Heaven doesn't want me The Ideal BBS | and hell is afraid I'll take over!"
djm@eng.umd.edu (David J. MacKenzie) (06/30/91)
I have found that when non-SCO-provided programs can't send mail on SCO Unix, the problem is usually wrong permissions on files or directories in /usr/spool/mmdf. Run /usr/mmdf/bin/checkup and see if it reports any wrong permissions (look for "***" in the output). -- David J. MacKenzie <djm@eng.umd.edu> <djm@ai.mit.edu>