[mod.computers.vax] Nonexisting unseen mail

blarsen@OSLO-VAX.ARPA (Bj|rn Larsen) (10/31/85)

We have a VAXcluster with two 11/750's running VMS 4.2

I have managed to foul up the MAIL system so that whenever
I log in to my account I get a 'You have 1 unseen MAIL message'
when I do not!

If I really have one unseen message, I am told that I have two
unseen messages, etc.

It does not help to delete the MAIL.MAI file.
Where does MAIL store its information about unseen messages?

This error occurs on only one of the two VAXen.
I have a common login directory for the two machines,
but separate SYSUAF.DAT's.
As far as I can recon, this points to the MAIL info being
stored in the SYSUAF.DAT file, but I cannot find any documentation
about this.

Help?

		Bj|rn Larsen
		Computing Centre,
		University of Oslo, Norway.

		(blarsen@oslo-vax.arpa)