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Explanation of Error 452 in Pine

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Error 452 in pine means that the server is out of disk space on a local disk. A system administrator needs to clear up space on that disk, usually /tmp.

This problem should be reported to the Office of Information Technology (OIT) Help Desk. We'll need to know which server you're on, so please remember which RAC or Glue server you were on when you got this message.

The only way to get around this problem until the system administrator intervenes is to try logging in to a different server. For example, if you are logged into RAC2, try logging in to any other RAC. If you are on y.glue.umd.edu, try z.glue.umd.edu.

You can check the status of the /tmp directory by issuing the command:

    df  -k  |  grep  tmp

The output of this command should look something like:

    /dev/dsk/c0t0d0s6     580591    7160  515381     2%    /tmp

where the second column is the total size of the partition in kilobytes (K), the third column is the actual space used in K, the fourth column is the amount of space left in K, and the fifth colum is the percentage used of the partition. If you see the percentage used in the high 90's, or if the fourth colum has a small value, consider using another server to send your mail.

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