SLR01@usu.bitnet (05/20/88)
Jeff Livingstone in Message-ID:<11957897978315001@bert.chem.wisc.edu> writes >A MAIL.MAI file was accidently erased before two new mail msgs were >read. The MAIL.MAI file was re-CREATEd, but now everytime the user >logs on, he receives a "You have 2 new MAIL messages" when he doesn't. >Real mail sent to this user increments the number from 2 to three and so >on, but the baseline always stays 2. The easiest way of removing those Phantom MAIL messages is to get into mail and type in "READ/NEW". Then type in "SHOW NEWMAIL" it should tell you that "you have 0 new mail messages". Hope that helps. If you do not have a mail file (mail.mai) send yourself a mail message and then go through the above. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Reply to: Quais Hassan SLEEK@USU.BITNET IN%"SLEEK@CC.USU.EDU" IN%"SLEEK@VAXA.USU.EDU" IN%"SLEEK%USU.BITNET@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU" -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
terrell@musky2.MUSKINGUM.EDU (Roger Terrell) (05/24/88)
> The easiest way of removing those Phantom MAIL messages is to get into >mail and type in "READ/NEW". Then type in "SHOW NEWMAIL" it should tell >you that "you have 0 new mail messages". Hope that helps. > If you do not have a mail file (mail.mai) send yourself a mail message >and then go through the above. The above procedure does not work on our machine (VMS 4.7). The only way we have found to get rid of those mail messages is to copy a mail.mai file from another account (be sure the mail.mai file has the correct number of mail messages in it; i.e. 2 messages if you have 2 Phantom messages) into your own directory and then get into MAIL and read the messages from that mail.mai file... --Roger -- Roger Terrell ...musky2!terrell (UUCP) terrell@muskingum.edu (CSNet)
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Date: 23 May 88 18:41:15 GMT
From: mandrill!musky2!terrell@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu (Roger Terrell)
Organization: Muskingum College, New Concord, OH
Subject: Re: GETTING RID OF THOSE PHANTOM NEW MAIL MSGS UPON LOGIN..
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> The easiest way of removing those Phantom MAIL messages is to get into
>mail and type in "READ/NEW". Then type in "SHOW NEWMAIL" it should tell
>you that "you have 0 new mail messages". Hope that helps.
> If you do not have a mail file (mail.mai) send yourself a mail message
>and then go through the above.
The above procedure does not work on our machine (VMS 4.7). The only way
we have found to get rid of those mail messages is to copy a mail.mai
file from another account (be sure the mail.mai file has the correct number
of mail messages in it; i.e. 2 messages if you have 2 Phantom messages)
into your own directory and then get into MAIL and read the messages from
that mail.mai file...
--Roger
--
Roger Terrell
...musky2!terrell (UUCP)
terrell@muskingum.edu (CSNet)