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- From: lbroda@s.psych.uiuc.edu (Larry Broda)
- Newsgroups: comp.mail.elm
- Subject: Re: Newmbox-length of mbox != spool mailbox length!!
- Message-ID: <BxM6Go.GMs@news.cso.uiuc.edu>
- Date: 12 Nov 92 17:41:11 GMT
- References: <1992Nov12.072357.24534@news.ysu.edu> <1992Nov12.162136.14083@Logix.DE>
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- Organization: UIUC Department of Psychology
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- jpm@Logix.DE (Jan-Piet Mens) writes:
-
- >Note Followup-To!
-
- >In <1992Nov12.072357.24534@news.ysu.edu> ae547@yfn.ysu.edu (Ronda Hauben) writes:
-
- >>when I type mail I get a message that says
- >>newmbox -length of mbox.! = spool mailbox length!!
- >>exciting leaving mailbox in tact
-
- >I'm looking for the problem myself. As a temporary solution, specify
- >the full pathname of your mailbox
-
- > $ elm -f /usr/spool/mail/username
-
- >and if that doesn't work
-
- > $ elm -f /usr/../usr/spool/mail/username
- > ^^^^^^^^
- >This seems to be the only way to fool ELM... :-).
-
- >[ BTW, I have only noticed this problem since installing 2.4PL8 last night]
-
- > -JP
- >--
-
- The same thing happened here when I upgraded to 2.4PL8. I ended up
- restoring the previous version from backups (next time I'll make sure
- I have a backup on line).
-