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From: dean@deanstoy.wa.com (Dean M. Phillips)
Subject: Re: Help Configuring Sendmail
Followup-To: comp.os.386bsd.questions
Keywords: Sendmail
Organization: None whatsoever!
Message-ID: <D2KE79.FE@deanstoy.wa.com>
References: <fullinc.11.2F1BEFD6@quest.witcc.cc.ia.us>
Date: Tue, 17 Jan 1995 19:30:45 GMT
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In article <fullinc.11.2F1BEFD6@quest.witcc.cc.ia.us> fullinc@quest.witcc.cc.ia.us (Chris Fullinfaw) writes:
>...[snip]...
>pine cannot read the incoming mail. Looks to me like something needs to
>be done configuring sendmail...

Your problem is most likely the fact that FreeBSD likes to put incoming mail
in /var/mail instead of /usr/spool/mail.  The "best" way to fix it is to tell
pine to look in /var/mail.  You can also create /usr/spool and create a
softlink named mail there which points to /var/mail.

Good luck!
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