> Hi,
> 
> Here is how to fix it.  As root, do this command:
> 
>   chmod 1777 /var/mail
> 
> This should set the permission like this
> 
>   drwxrwxrwt   2 root   wheel      512 Jul 15 12:03 mail
> 
> You should not have to do this, but for some reason things do not work
> properly in NetBSD.  On our BSDI servers, popper works fine with the mail
> directory set at
> 
>   drwxrwxr-x   2 root   mail    512 Jul 14 03:11 mail
> 
> Oh, and yes, I tried making popper group "mail", making /var/mail also
> group "mail" and setting popper to set-group-id.  It still doesn't work
> that way.
> 
> Mark

  Or using /var/tmp as temporary directory, instead of /var/mail? 

  --kaz-k