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- From: olin@dante.cheme.cornell.edu (Steve Thompson)
- Subject: Re: Mail overflow problems
- Message-ID: <1992Dec19.141838.26494@tc.cornell.edu>
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- Organization: Chemical Engineering, Cornell University, NY
- References: <921210082758.c2c@ziavms.enmu.edu>,<1992Dec19.030727.1@us.oracle.com>
- Date: Sat, 19 Dec 1992 14:18:38 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec19.030727.1@us.oracle.com>, comet@us.oracle.com writes:
- >In article <921210082758.c2c@ziavms.enmu.edu>, GOLDEN::CRAIGMR@ZIAVMS.ENMU.EDU (BOB CRAIGMILE) writes:
- >> Recently someone posted about problems with their mail spilling over into
- >> their account directory, e.g. directory listings that looked like this:
- >>
- >> mail$484350009600045.mai;1.
- >>
- >> This is exactly the problem; I don't want these files laying there in my
- >> account directory. I want them in mail where they belong. How can I fix
- >> this? I have system privileges (Microvax II, VMS 5.4). Thanks!
- >>
- >Well, if that's all, then having your MAIL.MAI file not be an indexed file
- >will take care of this. Of course, you'll lose some functionality, but I
- >think that all mail messages that you receive will be placed in the MAIL.MAI
- >file, just like it used to before you upgraded VMS. Details left to follow-ups.
-
- Try:
-
- MAIL> HELP SET MAIL
-
- -Steve
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