Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!ginosko!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!uwm.edu!mailrus!cwjcc!gatech!mcdchg!ddsw1!nvk From: nvk@ddsw1.MCS.COM (Norman Kohn) Newsgroups: comp.unix.i386 Subject: Re: help with mail bug Summary: "cannot open savefile" Message-ID: <1989Sep24.004805.20222@ddsw1.MCS.COM> Date: 24 Sep 89 00:48:05 GMT Reply-To: nvk@ddsw1.MCS.COM (Norman Kohn) Distribution: na Organization: ddsw1.MCS.COM Contributor, Mundelein, IL Lines: 11 A previously well-behaved uport-386 (3.0e) system, after I spent a session updating uucp Systems and Permissions files, won't let me delete mail. Upon exiting I get mail: Cannot open savefile I've checked permissions and compared with a system that works ok. /tmp and /usr/tmp are 777, and /usr/mail... is as it should be. df shows lots of space available, and fsck finds no trouble. Where to look next??? -- Norman Kohn | ...ddsw1!nvk Chicago, Il. | days/ans svc: (312) 650-6840 | eves: (312) 373-0564