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- From: tmike@cmptrc.lonestar.org (T. Mike Howeth)
- Subject: Re: HP's elm loses messages
- Message-ID: <BuCKpA.5KG@cmptrc.lonestar.org>
- Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1992 05:31:58 GMT
- References: <1992Sep9.132611.164480@dstos3.dsto.gov.au>
- Organization: CompuTrac Inc., Richardson TX
- Keywords: HP elm bug
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- In article <1992Sep9.132611.164480@dstos3.dsto.gov.au> vaughan@ewd.dsto.gov.au (Vaughan Clarkson) writes:
- |We are encountering an insidious bug in HP's implementation of elm (the default
- |mailer on our system). It seems that if, after editing a message for delivery,
- |you hit the 's' button (for send), and then quit immediately, the mail never
- |gets sent even though the messages 'Sending mail...' and then 'Mail sent!'
- |appear to comfort the user.
- |
-
- I am running an 837 on 8.02 with about 38 users (all of whom use elm) and have
- not, thankfully, experienced this problem. I will TRY to duplicate, and
- apprise you of my success.
- (BTW: elm isn't a mailer, just a user agent. The default mailer is
- sendmail (blows), HP's version of which has a completely different set of
- problems). :)
-
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