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- From: coar@Nephi.Enet.DEC.Com (Rodent of Unusual Size)
- Subject: Re: MAIL problem (NOT newmail count :)
- Message-ID: <1993Jan25.185707.1161@nntpd.lkg.dec.com>
- Summary: Sometime it *can* be a queueing system problem
- Keywords: queue system, PRINT /DELETE
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- References: <1992Dec30.122948.13315@bsu-ucs> <1hsrkgINNt6r@master.cs.rose-hulman.edu>
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- Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 18:25:01 GMT
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- In article <1hsrkgINNt6r@master.cs.rose-hulman.edu>, mgrthh@rosevc.rose-hulman.edu (Thomas H. Hopson) writes...
- >
- >In article <1992Dec30.122948.13315@bsu-ucs>, 00mjstum@leo.bsuvc.bsu.edu (Matthew J. Stum) writes:
- > >
- >>Hmmm... now that I think of it, I don't use PRINT/DELETE a whole lot... is
- >>this something connected with the queueing system and not MAIL? I don't
- >>see anything about PRINT in the docs that would nail it down one way or
- >>another.
- >
- >It's not a fault of PRINT/DELETE nor of the queueing system. It's really a
- >fault of MAIL for deciding to use a "temporary" file when the possibility
- >exists that the file may not be printed and deleted immediately.
-
- In some not-too-ancient versions of the OpenVMS operating system (back
- when it was the plain VMS name), there was a known problem with files
- entered into the queuing system with /DELETE. If one file couldn't be
- deleted, it could block the deletion of all subsequent files so marked in
- the queue file.
-
- I believe this was fixed as part of the Version 5.5 queue system rewrite.
- However, if you're running an older version, be aware that the queue
- system *may* be at fault. The workaround of stopping and re-starting the
- (pre-V5.5) queue manager would clear it up for a while. There is a patch
- available that fixes this behaviour.
-
- Files that are referenced in the queue file are not deleted until the
- queue entry is gone, which means that an entry that was `retained on
- error' (or for any other reason) will not have the corresponding file(s)
- deleted. This is by design; if you decide to release the job again, it's
- good to keep the files around. ;-)
-
- >Thomas H. Hopson work: mgrthh@rosevc.rose-hulman.edu
-
- #ken :-)} Jeratol the Chaotic (KLC31)
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