[comp.os.vms] VMS Mail Problem

CADS_COLE@GALLUA.BITNET ("Kevin Cole at Gallaudet U. Washington DC") (12/08/87)

>I have a problem with VAX mail.....
>It seems that every time I login, it tells me I have one new mail message,
>but when I get into mail, and type dir, it gives me the directory of my
>main folder. This seems to have been caused by my compressing the main
>mail file down when I received a mail message. Can someone tell me how to
>get rid of that outstanding mail message????
>I've already tried to compress it down again, but it still hasn't gone
>away.   HELP!!!!!

Try:
        READNEW

(one word).  Seems to reset the count here.

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Demographic Studies  (CADS)                     CADS_COLE@GALLUA.BITNET
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rbt@cernvax.UUCP (rbt) (12/14/87)

>It seems that every time I login, it tells me I have one new mail message,
>but when I get into mail, and type dir, it gives me the directory of my
>main folder. This seems to have been caused by my compressing the main
>mail file down when I received a mail message. Can someone tell me how to
>get rid of that outstanding mail message????

If your VAX is in a Cluster with other VAXes, you may have mail on another
VAX of the same cluster !

	Roberto Divia'
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