Re: problems under solaris-7

[D. J. Bernstein]

Jason R Mastaler writes:
> After much experimentation, I've found
> that a message to a user will bounce if that user's home directory
> isn't mounted.

That's a bug in the automounter: it is returning ENOENT for a directory
that actually exists. Complain to Sun.

A workaround for this bug is explained in

   ftp://koobera.math.uic.edu/www/qmail/faq/incominguser.html#nis+nfs-bugs

---Dan