Subject: Trouble opening my inbox

From: Clark Sinclair <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 16 May 1997 02:13:18 -0500

I am having trouble opening my inbox.
[email-masked]
What should I do?

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From: Mike Brudenell <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 16 May 1997 09:21:14 +0100 (BST)

Contact your local/ISP's Help Desk for assistance.  They can actually
login to your system (we, random people around the world, can't) and see
what is going on.

When you contact them you should also report any error messages that are
being displayed.  Simply saying "it doesn't work" isn't going to give them
much of a toe-hold on the problem!

Cheers,

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From: Joe Young <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 16 May 1997 06:40:43 -0400 (EDT)

Forgot to include that if you ask what type file the inbox is using the
following command and the response is ascii file then it is hammered:

	type /var/mail/sinclair

The response s/b "mail folder"

Joe Young