| Title: | DECWINDOWS 26-JAN-89 to 29-NOV-90 |
| Notice: | See 1639.0 for VMS V5.3 kit; 2043.0 for 5.4 IFT kit |
| Moderator: | STAR::VATNE |
| Created: | Mon Oct 30 1989 |
| Last Modified: | Mon Dec 31 1990 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 3726 |
| Total number of notes: | 19516 |
I am running Ultrix 4.0 SSB pre-release that was shipped a couple of
weeks ago on my DECstation 3100 and all of a sudden unable I can't
receive mail using dxmail. I have been receiving mail up to 14-Aug
and now it has decided not to let me get anymore. I can use the
normal Ultrix 4.0 mail command and see the new mail messages
but am out of luck when I try to "READ NEW MAIL" on dxmail.
The little mail icon in the top left corner is dark indicating
that new mail has arrived.
1) I do have the RAND mh installed.
2) ls -ld /usr/spool/mail
drwxrwxrwt 2 root 512 Aug 21 18:05 /usr/spool/mail
3) I just added /usr/new/mh to my path and it still doesn't
work.
4) I have 1201 mail messages currently in my inbox that I can
read.
5) contents of .mh_sequences is
cur: 1200
temp: 75 78 122 244-245 273 275 298 307 312 343 366 396 416 530 552 603
607-609 633 636 659 685 727 759 782 846 866 907 915-916 918 958 1071-1072
1090 1139 1158
unseen: 2 4-12 14-22 24-43 45 47-57 59-83 85-89 91 93-114 116-125 127
129-137 140-144 146-184 186-190 193-194 196 199-205 208-233 235-238 240
242-243 248 251-252 254-268 270-290 292-293 297-310 312 315-316 326-327
329-332 339-341 360-373 375 379-380 382-387 389 391 393 395-407 410-415
429-436 438-472 474 476-479 481-486 488-502 504-505 507-509 511-514 518
522 528-531 534 540-541 543 546-547 550 554-565 567-574 576-592 597-600
602 604 608-615 637-667 669-674 678 680-681 686-754 765 769-837 839-845
851-874 876-879 881-914 916-925 929 931-952 954-1005 1010-1011 1013
1015-1016 1018 1020 1022 1028 1030 1032-1034 1039-1040 1042-1043 1046
1049-1053 1055-1056 1058-1138 1140-1166 1169-1173 1175 1177-1179 1181
6) contents of .decxmailcache
1 30-May-1990 4.49::bansal portal list
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.
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1201 14-Aug-1990 marx::kelley
help quick.... this is painful!
/bruce
| T.R | Title | User | Personal Name | Date | Lines |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3240.1 | MIPSBX::thomas | The Code Warrior | Tue Aug 21 1990 20:09 | 1 | |
What happens if you type 'inc' at the shell prompt? | |||||
| 3240.2 | inc didn't work | MARX::KELLEY | Wed Aug 22 1990 16:31 | 6 | |
I tried typing inc and it just came back to the shell prompt
with no output. I then restarted dxmail and pressed "Read new mail"
and it just beeps even though there is mail.
/bruce
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| 3240.3 | GILROY::klee | Ken Lee | Wed Aug 22 1990 17:09 | 6 | |
The dxmail "Read new mail" command just calls the MH inc program. If inc doesn't work, then there is something wrong with MH, your directories, or your file systems. Make sure the permissions on your directories are correct and that your file systems are mounted correctly. Ken | |||||
| 3240.4 | This might be worth a try... | GOLLY::MILLER | I need 'Deeper Understanding' | Wed Aug 22 1990 17:27 | 12 |
I ran into a similar problem as this when moving to 4.0-SSB (along with
weird things like "ps" giving "not privilidged to read /dev/kmem").
I was able to solve it by: chmod +r /dev/*mem /dev/drum
I didn't think of it too much at the time because I'm running in a
kind of a weird mode: I'm on a dickless workstation running 4.0-SSB
where the boot node and the rest of the satellites are running 3.1.
Regards,
== ken miller ==
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| 3240.5 | how do these protections look? | MARX::KELLEY | Wed Aug 22 1990 21:02 | 36 | |
Here are my protections:
# ls -ld ~kelley/Mail
drwxr-xr-x 59 kelley 1024 Aug 22 12:15 /usr/users/kelley/Mail
# ls -ld /usr/new
lrwxr-xr-x 1 root 9 Aug 15 12:13 /usr/new -> /usr1/new
# ls -ld /usr1/new
drwxrwxr-x 7 root 512 Aug 15 12:13 /usr1/new
# ls -ld /usr1/new/mh
drwxrwxr-x 2 root 512 Aug 15 11:52 /usr1/new/mh
# ls -ld ~kelley/Mail/inbox/
drwxr-x--- 2 kelley 15872 Aug 22 12:14
/usr/users/kelley/Mail/inbox/
df
Filesystem Total kbytes kbytes %
node kbytes used free used Mounted on
/dev/rz0a 15551 9660 4336 69% /
/dev/rz0g 271848 224897 19767 92% /usr
/dev/rz0h 271849 139942 104723 57% /usr/var/kits
/dev/rz1c 622097 145235 414653 26% /usr1
tenuta:/usr/users/merlin 622094 390358 169527 70% /merlin
gilda:/glocal 808279 241678 485774 33% /glocal
gilda:/merlin_kits 1142905 667017 361598 65% /merlin_kits
ls -ldg ~kelley
drwxr-x--x 29 kelley users 1536 Aug 22 12:10
/usr/users/kelley
any clues?
/bruce
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| 3240.6 | MIPSBX::thomas | The Code Warrior | Wed Aug 22 1990 21:13 | 2 | |
what about ls -lg /usr/spool/mail/kelley? | |||||
| 3240.7 | more information... | MARX::KELLEY | Fri Aug 24 1990 10:31 | 11 | |
Here is the ls -lg /usr/spool/mail/kelley
-rw------- 1 kelley 578955 Aug 24 09:21 /usr/spool/mail/kelley
I have even tried mv ~kelley/Mail/inbox ~kelley/Mail/inbox2
which I can read the mail in inbox2 then click on Read new mail
and inbox is created but still can't see any new mail that is
sent to me.
Help...
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| 3240.8 | here is ls -lg | MARX::KELLEY | Fri Aug 24 1990 10:37 | 8 | |
oops ls -lg was
carson.ogo.dec.com> ls -lg /usr/spool/mail/kelley
-rw------- 1 kelley users 585711 Aug 24 09:30
/usr/spool/mail/kelley
looks ok to me...
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