On Sun, 18 Jul 1999 15:53:51 -0400, Stefan Dozier wrote:
>>I did a complete fresh install of Mandrake linux 6.0 last night (previously
>>was using RedHat 6.0). My problem is metamail, which wasn't a problem with
>>RH6. Everytime metamail is run or called (ie. via lynx) it says "metamail:
>>Can't open temporary file!".
>
>To fix it, "mkdir ~/tmp"
>For some reason, Lynx likes to use a temporary directory in your home
>directory, instead of the system-wide one (at /var/tmp).
Thank you to everyone who responded. That was the problem... I didn't
need a ~/tmp directory under RH (checked a backup, it wasn't there) so it's
quite odd, but I won't question it as it works now... =) Thanx again.
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