3B1 error message "chmod failure of status file"

[Ronald K. Wright]

When sending electronic mail using the 3B1 3.51 with HDB from the store and 
the electronic mail package from AT&T I get an error window with "chmod 
failure of status file".  I had this before on another machine an
fidled it away.  I now have 8 machines, one with the problem, and
cannot seem to get it fixed.

The question is why and perhaps more importantly, how do I fix this.
I cannot find an explanation in the documentation of 3.51 electronic
mail or in what I have on HDB.
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R.K. Wright 				| uflorida!novavax!rwright
Chief Medical Examiner			| uflorida!novavax!medexam!rkw
Assoc.Professor of Pathology(Univ.Miami)| umbio!rwright
Broward County Florida			| allegra!novavax!medexam!rkw