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vax 7.2R: mkserv

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (cfields@ATHENA.MIT.EDU)
Mon May 13 18:51:45 1991

From: cfields@ATHENA.MIT.EDU
To: bugs@ATHENA.MIT.EDU
Date: Mon, 13 May 91 18:50:14 EDT

System name:		sloth
Type and version:	MVAX-II 7.2R
Display type:		QVSS

What were you trying to do?

	mkserv mail (on adam.mit.edu, a vax)


What's wrong:

Sending mail yields a bounce:

   ----- Transcript of session follows -----
mail: /usr/spool/mail/cfields: cannot append
mail: cannot open dead.letter
554 <cfields@adam.mit.edu>... unknown mailer error 1
dbm: no open database

   ----- Unsent message follows -----

	It didn't create /usr/spool/mail

What should have happened:

	It should have.


Please describe any relevant documentation references:

	mkserv(8)

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