davem@hpmwtd.HP.COM (Dave McQuate) (11/15/90)
I've had problems with "elm" corrupting its mailbox when a number of large uuencoded messages are received. (Say ten 40kbyte messages) When the problem occurs, if I try to read previously received text messages, I see what seems to be portions of the uuencoded messages instead. If I'm on my toes I can work around it by making a copy of /usr/mail/davem, exiting elm, then restoring /usr/mail/davem from the saved copy. Also, sometimes when I try to save these uuencoded messages before I've read them--I.E. I save from the index page--the saved file has zero length. Any hints? Thanks.
indra@ashirvad.amd.com (Indra Singhal) (11/20/90)
davem@hpmwtd.HP.COM (Dave McQuate) writes: > I've had problems with "elm" corrupting its mailbox when a number of >large uuencoded messages are received. (Say ten 40kbyte messages) >When the problem occurs, if I try to read previously received text messages, >I see what seems to be portions of the uuencoded messages instead. If I'm >on my toes I can work around it by making a copy of /usr/mail/davem, exiting >elm, then restoring /usr/mail/davem from the saved copy. > Also, sometimes when I try to save these uuencoded messages before I've >read them--I.E. I save from the index page--the saved file has zero length. > Any hints? > Thanks. You really must include the version of elm you are running. Have you posted to comp.mail.elm? The current version is elm 2.3 PL8. I receive zillions of UUENCODED files and have not had a problem. -- iNDRA | indra@amd.com or {ames apple uunet}!amd!indra | (Indra Singhal) (408) 749-5445; Advanced Micro Devices | MS 167; Box 3453; 901, Thompson Pl., Sunnyvale, CA 94088