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- From: aimar@dxbt00.cern.ch (Alberto Aimar SL/BT tel 2564)
- Subject: Re: VMSMAIL: %MAIL-E-NOTISAM (file organization changed)
- Message-ID: <1992Nov12.200152.11582@dxcern.cern.ch>
- Sender: aimar@surf.cern.ch (Alberto Aimar SL/BT tel 2564)
- Reply-To: aimar@dxbt00.cern.ch (Alberto Aimar SL/BT tel 2564)
- Organization: CERN - European Laboratory for Particle Physics - Geneva CH
- References: <1992Nov3.110813.17227@dxcern.cern.ch> <1d9islINNsqf@gap.caltech.edu>
- Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 20:01:52 GMT
- Lines: 104
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- Hello,
- I just wanted to sincerely thank all the people that have
- answered to my posting, mailing me and giving good advice.
-
- But I also got a very unpolite answer (the only one) who was posted by
- carl@SOL1.GPS.CALTECH.EDU (Carl J Lydick) to whom I explain how he
- could have used his spare time in better ways then posting useless insults.
-
- As most of you will not care about Carl's problems, please just type
- "n" and skip the rest.
-
-
-
-
- Sincerely Alberto Aimar.
-
-
-
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- In article <1d9islINNsqf@gap.caltech.edu>, carl@SOL1.GPS.CALTECH.EDU (Carl J Lyd
- ick) writes:
- |>In article <1992Nov3.110813.17227@dxcern.cern.ch>, aimar@dxbt00.cern.ch (Alber
- to Aimar SL/BT tel 2564) writes:
- |>>When I copied the files back to VMS I saw (with DIR/FULL)that the
- |>>"File Organization" attribute of all the files changed to "Sequential"
- |>>Usually the .MAI files (the drawers, at least)have :
- |>>
- |>>File organization: Indexed, Prolog: 3, Using 2 keys
- |>> In 3 areas
- |>>
- |>>
- |>>And in fact now all the MAIL commands do not work anymore and complain:
- |>>
- |>>%MAIL-E-NOTISAM, operation cannot be performed on non-ISAM message file
- |>
- |>Well, your last claim, at least, it a lie. Only SOME operations in MAIL
- |>require an ISAM file. Other operations might fail, but not with the status you
- |>claim. If you're going to lie to us about the problem, why should we take
- |>the trouble to help you?
- Do you know what a lie is ? I wasn't telling lies.
- The fact that I don't know very well the MAIl and Ihaven tried all the commands
- does not mean I lie about it ?
- I did my best to explain BRIEFLY the problem and everybody else that could
- help did it (without your arrogance).
-
- |>You're a step below the idiots who post something
- |>like "MAIL is broken. How do I fix it?" Up until now, I didn't think that was
- |>possible.
- And you really think you are a step above God ??
- Come down, poor fella..........nobody is perfect (but you).
- We are normal human beings.......sorry for that. You better stay apart....
- Seriuos questions:
- Why did you bother to insult me ?
- Why you did not skip my posting ? Or answer privately ?
-
- You know ?
- Very many people answered with a private mail and where very helpful.
-
- |>
- |>>How can I changed the file organization of the .MAI files?
- |>>Or what trick/tool/command can I use to recover my .MAI files ?
- |>
- |>Don't use any operations that depend on FOLDERS. E.g., you CAN'T use DIR/FOLD,
- |>or SELECT, but you CAN use DIR, and you can read messages by number. You can
- |>use the command: "COPY/ALL MAIL file_name" to create a new ISAM message file
- |>and then all the MAIL operations will work again.
- I had all my mails of folders.
- So all the commands that I tried, only the ones I tried, just not to tell
- you another lies (RUhappy?)Again: everybody else, but you, understood it.
-
- |>
- |>If what I've suggested doesn't work (and I doubt that it will, but it's the
- |>best guess I can make given that you've lied to us about what your actual
- |>problem is), then repost, BUT THIS TIME TELL US THE TRUTH ABOUT HOW MAIL IS
- |>ACTING, turkey.
- Ehi God, calm down ok ?
-
- Seeing your kind of reaction to my request for help I would liek to suggest you
- something can I ?
-
- ``Carl, my dear, why dont you go to see a good doctor ?''
-
- |>--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- |>Carl J Lydick | INTERnet: CARL@SOL1.GPS.CALTECH.EDU | NSI/HEPnet: SOL1::CARL
- |>
- |>Disclaimer: Hey, I understand VAXen and VMS. That's what I get paid for. My
- |>understanding of astronomy is purely at the amateur level (or below). So
- |>unless what I'm saying is directly related to VAX/VMS, don't hold me or my
- |>organization responsible for it. If it IS related to VAX/VMS, you can try to
- |>hold me responsible for it, but my organization had nothing to do with it.
- He slept, he stole, he was rude to the customers. Still, there goes the
- best damned employee a convenience store ever had.
- -- Apu on Homer, ``Lisa's Pony''
-
- Take Care fella.
- Ciao.
-
- Alberto Aimar. "Who Wills, Can
- aimar@vxcrna.cern.ch Who Tries, Does
- CERN Geneva (CH) Who Loves, Lives" (Anne McCaffery)
-
-