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- Path: sparky!uunet!mcsun!Germany.EU.net!logixwi!jpm
- From: jpm@Logix.DE (Jan-Piet Mens)
- Subject: Re: Newmbox-length of mbox != spool mailbox length!!
- Organization: Logix GmbH, Wiesbaden, Germany
- Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 16:21:36 GMT
- Message-ID: <1992Nov12.162136.14083@Logix.DE>
- Followup-To: comp.mail.elm
- References: <1992Nov12.072357.24534@news.ysu.edu>
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- Note Followup-To!
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- In <1992Nov12.072357.24534@news.ysu.edu> ae547@yfn.ysu.edu (Ronda Hauben) writes:
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- >when I type mail I get a message that says
- >newmbox -length of mbox.! = spool mailbox length!!
- >exciting leaving mailbox in tact
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- I'm looking for the problem myself. As a temporary solution, specify
- the full pathname of your mailbox
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- $ elm -f /usr/spool/mail/username
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- and if that doesn't work
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- $ elm -f /usr/../usr/spool/mail/username
- ^^^^^^^^
- This seems to be the only way to fool ELM... :-).
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- [ BTW, I have only noticed this problem since installing 2.4PL8 last night]
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- -JP
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