On Wed, 13 Nov 1996 06:23:40 GMT Helge Niska <[log in to unmask]> said: >Can somebody explain what the following error message means? It means SEGATE needed an upgrade this spring. The good news is that it is being ordered today. I am going to Sundbyberg in 20 min to sit in people's office until the necessary paperwork has been done. >but why I get it and what "corrective action" I should take, I do not >know. You get it because LISTSERV is unable to write to the archive file and thus process your message, in this case because paging activity can cause web processes to be stuck for minutes just extracting a dozen lines from the file. LISTSERV only waits 10 seconds for the file to be released. On a normal system, this is more than enough for other processes to read the entire file a couple dozen times. >Needless to say that the so called explanation is totally wasted upon me But not on everyone :-) >I don't have any VMS RMS documentation; why should I? I run a mailing >list, not a VMS site. But I do. Besides, the error code is translated for you: >> -> VMS info: %RMS-E-FLK, file currently locked by another user You would do HELP/MESS FLK on a VMS system, if you have access to one, for more information. If you don't, you would write to your LISTSERV maintainer. Eric