Subject: Append not valid for file

From: "Sergey A. Nikolaev" <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 18 Jul 1995 12:22:53 +0300

One of my users on SCO machine started getting the message
 'Append not valid for file' when trying to  save a message.
It happened only to one user. Everything seems okay.

Why is that?
I'll appreciate your help.

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From: Mark Crispin <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 18 Jul 1995 09:32:28 -0700

> I'll appreciate your help.

The obscure error message ("Append not valid for file") means "You tried
to save a message into a file which is not a valid mail folder file.  All
of the known formats of folder files have been checked, and it is none of
these, so Pine doesn't know how to save a message to that file.  Either
save to a different file, or fix whatever is broken in that file."

This error message will be corrected to something more intelligible in
Pine 3.92.

-- Mark --

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