Hi ~
Can I just say, I'm a newbie to Linux and I'm a home-user, not a Sys Admin.
But I think you'll find that if you su to root, cd to /var/spool/mail/ and type:
chmod -R 777 *
Then that should solve the problem. For details of what this is doing, see the man
(or info) pages on chmod.
ttfn,
Del
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Bob wrote:
> When I clicka link in Mail Client the KFM file manager opens. A nice little
> browser, just can't access it from my desktop.
>
> What I would like is to be able to select Netscape as my browser of choice.
>
> When I attempt to invoke Netscape's mail the following error message appears:
>
> "Can't move mail unable to write to /var/spool/mail/Bob Permission denied.
>
> It continues:
> For the internal movemail method to work, we must be able to lock files. On
> many systems, this is best accomplished by making that directory be mode 01777.
> If that is not not possible, then an external setgid/setuid movemail program
> must be used.
>
> All I can say is HUH???
>
> Your advise please
