I upgraded the mailx rpm yesterday and don't know if this is what's causing the problem or not. When I enter the mail program via "mail" from the system prompt, I can read, then delete my messages. When I type "q" to quit, mail exits but gives the message: Unable to lock mailbox: Permission denied and does not delete my messages. If I rum mail -f /var/spool/mail/myusername and delete, then "q" it works fine. My mail file is owned by my userid and the group "mail". Can someone telll me what is wrong? TIA. Scott -- PLEASE read the Red Hat FAQ, Tips, Errata and the MAILING LIST ARCHIVES! http://www.redhat.com/RedHat-FAQ /RedHat-Errata /RedHat-Tips /mailing-lists To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" as the Subject.