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From: j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: elm
Date: 11 May 1996 19:57:59 GMT
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jareth@golden.pvrr.ru (Oleg 'Jareth' Basoff) wrote:

> Michael A. Dorin (mad@adc.com) wrote:
> : Forgive me if I am asking lots of silly questions.  Can anybody give
> : me the steps for getting elm running on my system?
> 
> just run configure and follow instructions.

...or simply get the `port' for it.  It comes pre-configured, so you
don't even need to answer any questions.

NB: the most common configuration error happens regarding the mailbox
file locking.  Select either fcntl _OR_ flock, but _DON'T_ select
dot-style locking.

-- 
cheers, J"org

joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE
Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)