RE: lynx-dev lynx problem "metamail"

[Jason Mellblom]

well i figured out that the problem is that lynx for some reason wants to
use the ~/tmp directory. once i created a tmp directory in my home dir (~),
it didnt give me that problem anymore :) :)
Hope this helps!
Apparently its only a problem w/ mandrake 6.0????? even though other distros
still dont have a ~/tmp directory...weird.
Jason


-----Original Message-----
From: Klaus Weide [mailto:address@hidden
Sent: Monday, August 16, 1999 5:26 PM
To: address@hidden
Cc: Jason Mellblom
Subject: Re: lynx-dev lynx problem "metamail"


On Sun, 15 Aug 1999, Vlad Harchev wrote:
> On Mon, 16 Aug 1999, Jason Mellblom wrote:
>
> > Hello !
> > I have a problem with lynx, that i dont know how to fix.
> > WHen i start up lynx, the only message i get is:
> > "metamail: Can't open temporary file!"
> >
> > Can you tell me what's wrong / how to fix it?
> > I'm currently running mandrake 6.0 with 2.2.10 kernel.
> >
> > Thanks a lot!
> > Jason
> >
>
>  I have heard that something wrong is with '/tmp' on mandrake 6.0
(probably it
> doesn't exist). Seems this causes problems.

Nonsense.  Correct info has been posted.  Look in the lynx-dev
archives, look for "metamail:".  If you can't do that, and don't
understand the problem, it's better not to respond at all.

Don't start weird rumours that "something is wrong with '/tmp'".
This doesn't help anyone.

    Klaus