[comp.unix.aix] xmh can't create new mail folder

seb1525@mvs.draper.com ("Stephen E. Bacher") (03/15/91)

I give up.  Why is it that that every time I try to use xmh, I get:

 Can't create new mail folder!

 errno = 2

 exiting.

Any ideas?

jerry@heyman.austin.ibm.com (Jerry Heyman) (03/15/91)

In article <RNETMAIL9103141619124SEB1525@MVS.DRAPER.COM> seb1525@mvs.draper.com ("Stephen E. Bacher") writes:
>
>I give up.  Why is it that that every time I try to use xmh, I get:
> Can't create new mail folder!
> errno = 2
> exiting.
>

Just a thought, check the .mh_profile file that is created in your $HOME
directory when you initially started up xmh.  One of the lines should have
Path: xxxx  where xxxx is the name of the directory where xmh/mh will start
storing your mail messages.  Does that directory exist?

>Any ideas?

Can't give any more ideas, one would think that errno=2 (ENOENT) would be what
was expected by xmh when you wanted to create a new folder.

Anyone else with any ideas?

jerry
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john@johnmad.austin.ibm.com (03/16/91)

> Subject: xmh can't create new mail folder
> Date: 14 Mar 91 21:19:00 GMT

> 
> 
> 
>  Can't create new mail folder!
> 
>  errno = 2
> 
>  exiting.
> 
> Any ideas?

Just a wild shot, but you may be mounting some directory over
NFS that xmh is trying to write to as setuid root.


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