[comp.mail.elm] ELM 2.2 PL0 : Folder is corrupt! can't read it ?????????

huber@aut.UUCP (Huber Daniel) (01/08/90)

Hi ELMers

A few days ago, I have installed ELM2.2 PL0 on my Machine.
It's a Plexus P/55 with UNIX SystemV.2.

Now I have a little problem:

When I change to the folder "=sent" (which is the folder who contains the
sent messages) I get the error message :
       
        "Folder is corrupt. Can't read it!"

and then ELM terminate.

What's wrong?

Another question:

Is there an archive in europe from where I get the last patches to ELM2.2 ??

Regards

		Daniel

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djm@eng.umd.edu (David J. MacKenzie) (01/09/90)

In article <621@aut.UUCP> huber@aut.UUCP (Huber Daniel) writes:

   When I change to the folder "=sent" (which is the folder who contains the
   sent messages) I get the error message :

	   "Folder is corrupt. Can't read it!"

   and then ELM terminate.

The problem might be that your mailer writes From_ lines that look like:

From huber <date and time> remote from aut

instead of:

From aut!huber <date and time>

Elm cannot does not recognize "remote from" lines, and produces the
"mailbox corrupt" message when it encounters one.  I am contemplating
trying to patch it to fix that, as I regularly get mail from sites
that produce such From_ lines.  Whether or not such lines conform to
any RFC, they are common existing practice and I consider it a bug in
Elm that they are not supported.
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David J. MacKenzie <djm@eng.umd.edu> <djm@ai.mit.edu>