"mh" problem on ds3100

[kbesrl at ux1.cso.uiuc.edu]

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In article <22100004 at ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>, kbesrl at ux1.cso.uiuc.edu writes:
|> 
|> 
|> Subject: mh (Message Handler)
|> 
|> I am having a problem with the "inc" command.
|> When I try "inc", the system hangs up. It is the same, irrespective of
|> which maildrop I use (-file filename option) or which folder it is
|> directed to (+foldername option).
|> 
|> What could the problem be? 
|> 
|> Thanks.
|> 
|> -- sudhakar y. reddy
|>    sudha at kbesrl.me.uiuc.edu

You may have an OLD lock file lying around in the /usr/spool/mail area
as ${USER}.lock. That's why the inc just waits on the lock which may
never be released as it was accidentally left there. Can be because you
also used UCB mail and stopped it with ^Z??

/Pradeep
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