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Re: Error Message

1997-03-12 17:25:58
At 02:49 PM 3/12/97 -0600, Philip Guenther wrote:
ddivakar(_at_)macaw(_dot_)retix(_dot_)com writes:

[log file entries, etc., snipped]

It is
possible however to discern within the above, error messages that
indicate that the "mesg" and "biff" commands are being run.  Since they
expect to be run from a login session, they barf as shown.

I suggest you check to make sure that the TRAP variable isn't being set
somewhere to run those commands, and that your .cshrc/.tcshrc (if you
run a csh variant shell) doesn't have either of those commands in them
(such commands belong in one's .login instead).

Good advice (as usual) from Philip.  Also, put the line
SHELL=/bin/sh
at the top of your .procmailrc unless you have a *GOOD* reason not to.
Cshell scripting can be dangerous to your health, especially when
you don't know you're running things with that shell.

Cheers,
Stan

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