Subject: help

From: Dara Partovi <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 14 Feb 1997 18:37:51 -0800 (PST)

Hi, I am having trouble with using pine from my internet provider 
(aracnet). I can't send anymore messages and I can't open my inbox. It 
says things like: "quota exceeded", "inbox is not in valid mailbox 
format". Any help would be appreciated. Thanks. Dara Partovi.

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From: "Robin S. Socha" <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 15 Feb 1997 09:48:35 +0100 (CET)

On Fri, 14 Feb 1997, Dara Partovi wrote:

  >says things like: "quota exceeded",
  
Which is another word for: You don't have any space left on your hard drive.
Delete some old messages or other files that you don't need. This can be
done with the rm command. So check the man pages for quota and rm (man
quota, man rm) and do what they tell you.
  
  >"inbox is not in valid mailbox format". Any help would be appreciated.

Just what it says. Make sure you have a directory Mail (or whatever is in
your .pinerc, and that you have a file (*not* a directory) in it:
# Path of (local or remote) INBOX, e.g. ={mail.somewhere.edu}inbox
# Normal Unix default is the local INBOX (usually /usr/spool/mail/$USER).

Enjoy,
Robin

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From: [email-masked] (Frankie)
Date: 18 Feb 1997 23:37:58 GMT

i work as a system consultant at a university NeXT lab.  We get this 
problem rather frequently for our sister system.  It means your account 
is oversized.  You need to delete some files and or messages from your 
account.

-frankie

: Dara Partovi ([email-masked]) wrote:
: Hi, I am having trouble with using pine from my internet provider 
: (aracnet). I can't send anymore messages and I can't open my inbox. It 
: says things like: "quota exceeded", "inbox is not in valid mailbox 
: format". Any help would be appreciated. Thanks. Dara Partovi.