At 03:18 PM 3/29/97 -0800, you wrote:
>Can someone tell me what this error message means, and whether it is a
>permanent error?
>
>>  --- The transcript of the session follows ---
>>bellmail: cannot append to /usr/spool/mail/ozmen
>>bellmail: cannot create /root/dead.letter
>>bellmail: error closing file: A file descriptor does not refer to an open
>>file.
>>550 <[log in to unmask]>... Insufficient permission

It probably means the mailbox is full, as it can't append (add to) the
directory /usr/spool/mail/ozmen , which sounds like a mail spool to me.

Also, it appears the dead letter directory is also full.

So it goes....set him nomail or unsub.  I always do the latter.

cyclops





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>Sherry Beauchamp
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