Re: [XonX-Users] xemacs and reading mail under OS 10.1.1

[Ron C. <rc...@ll...>]

Interesting.  Does xemacs look for different permissions than
(gnu) emacs?  I can read mail with emacs but not xemacs.

If you're trying to get xemacs going, I suggest looking
at www.sealiesoftware.com and follow links to xemacs,
good instructions there (including links to 
instructions at xemacs.org) on how to build the current version,
along with a patch for Darwin.  You can substitute 21.45
for 21.43 in the instructions.  I had also tried using
a canned installer but when finished that didn't allow
me to add packages.

-Ron COhen-




Bob Koss writes:
 > Ron Cohen  <rc...@ll...> writes:
 > 
 > > Is anyone out there using xemacs with OS 10.1.1, and using
 > > it to read email (either with vm or rmail)?
 > > 
 > > I get the following error message when I try to read mail:
 > > 
 > > movemail: Permission denied for /var/mail/E000757--see source file
 > > lib-src/movemail.c
 > > 
 > 
 > 
 > I've had that error in my Linux days and it was a permission problem
 > on /var/mail.
 > 
 > I've not been able to use xemacs on 10.1 yet. I've been using gnu
 > emacs and gnus. Getting xemacs working is my project for today.
 > 
 > 
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