peter@na.excelan.com (Peter Tran) (12/07/89)
I am plagued by a "feature" of Elm 2.2 PL14 which I would be appreciative if somebody from the net could help me with. I have set my options so that a copy of outgoing mail is saved in a folder called "sentmail". The problem is that Elm 2.2 is not consistent. Sometimes it saves a copy, and sometimes it doesn't. I have appended a copy of my "elmrc" file. Maybe that will help. Thanks in advance, Peter ====== # # .elm/elmrc - options file for the ELM mail system # # Saved automatically by ELM 2.2 PL14 for Peter # # For yes/no settings with ?, ON means yes, OFF means no calendar = /x/peter/calendar editor = /usr/bin/uniplex escape = ~ fullname = Peter Tran receivedmail = =received maildir = /x/peter/folders pager = builtin prefix = >_ print = lpr -Pps7 sentmail = /x/peter/folders/sentmail shell = /bin/csh localsignature = remotesignature = /x/peter/.signature sortby = Reverse-Received alwaysdelete = ON alwaysstore = OFF alwayskeep = ON arrow = ON ask = ON askcc = ON autocopy = ON bounceback = 0 copy = ON forcename = OFF forms = OFF keepempty = OFF keypad = OFF menu = ON movepage = ON names = ON noheader = ON pointnew = ON promptafter = ON resolve = ON savename = ON softkeys = OFF timeout = 600 titles = ON userlevel = 1 warnings = ON weed = OFF weedout = "*end-of-user-headers*" -- Peter Internet: peter@na.excelan.COM
indra@pepsi.amd.com (Indra Singhal) (12/12/89)
In article <849@excelan.COM> peter@na.excelan.com (Peter Tran) writes: >I am plagued by a "feature" of Elm 2.2 PL14 which I would be appreciative >if somebody from the net could help me with. > >I have set my options so that a copy of outgoing mail is saved in a >folder called "sentmail". The problem is that Elm 2.2 is not consistent. >Sometimes it saves a copy, and sometimes it doesn't. > I had the same question some time ago. If elm finds a folder for the user you are sending mail to, it appends the sent mail in that folder instead of the default indicated in your sentmail variable. Outgoing mail that can not be associated with a specific recepient folder is put in the default sentmail folder. Next time you see this happening, look in your folders directory for a folder for the user whose outgoing mail you missed in the sentmail folder, you'll find it there. iNDRA | indra@amdcad.AMD.COM (Indra Singhal) (408) 749-5445 | {ames decwrl gatech pyramid sun uunet}!amdcad!indra | MS 167; Box 3453; Sunnyvale, CA 94088
wb8foz@mthvax.cs.miami.edu (David Lesher) (12/13/89)
>>I am plagued by a "feature" of Elm 2.2 PL14 which I would be appreciative >>if somebody from the net could help me with. >> >>I have set my options so that a copy of outgoing mail is saved in a >>folder called "sentmail". The problem is that Elm 2.2 is not consistent. >>Sometimes it saves a copy, and sometimes it doesn't. > [reply discusses folder vs no folder] I have a different problem. I don't have a handle on it yet, but if I try to send mail to an address that is bogus, sometimes it does not keep a copy in my outgoing file. This is a pain, as the mailer spits it back with all kinds of headers attached that I need to delete before remailing. -- A host is a host & from coast to coast...wb8foz@mthvax.cs.miami.edu no one will talk to a host that's close..............(305) 255-RTFM Unless the host (that isn't close)......................pob 570-335 is busy, hung or dead....................................33257-0335
rob@PacBell.COM (Rob Bernardo) (12/14/89)
One person wrote: +I have set my options so that a copy of outgoing mail is saved in a +folder called "sentmail". The problem is that Elm 2.2 is not consistent. +Sometimes it saves a copy, and sometimes it doesn't. Another person wrote: +I have a different problem. I don't have a handle on it yet, but +if I try to send mail to an address that is bogus, sometimes it +does not keep a copy in my outgoing file. This is a pain, as the +mailer spits it back with all kinds of headers attached that I +need to delete before remailing. It would behoove elm users to RTMF :-) (mainly the reference guide) about this. My memory might be faulty, but as I recall (I don't have the most recent guide in front of me) there are three boolean options of the elmrc that govern the saving of a copy of outbound messages. If "copy" is off, no copy will be saved, else ... If "savename" is off, the copy will be saved to your sentmail folder, else ... If "forcename" is on, the copy will be saved to a folder named by the logname of the first recipient, else ... If the logname-named folder already exists, it will be saved there, else to your sentmail folder. (Again, this is just my recollection; I may have gotten details wrong.) -- Rob Bernardo ...![backbone]!pacbell!pbhyf!rob -or- rob@pbhyf.PacBell.COM Product engineer, UNIX/C Reusable Code Library Editor, "Go `C' UNIX" Office: (415) 823-2417 Pacific * Bell, San Ramon, California Residence: (415) 827-4301 R BAR JB, Concord, California