david@wubios.wustl.edu (David J. Camp) (06/02/89)
Both myself and another user have noticed a bug in elm 2.2. When you are in the elm main menu, and enter alias mode, and 'm'ake a new alias, that alias is added to the alias text file, but is not properly added to the alias database so that you can use it from that elm session. It is necessary to exit elm and run newalias before the new alias is useful. Thank you, -David- -- Bitnet: david@wubios.wustl ^ Mr. David J. Camp Internet: david%wubios@wucs1.wustl.edu < * > Box 8067, Biostatistics uucp: uunet!wucs1!wubios!david v 660 South Euclid Washington University (314) 36-23635 Saint Louis, MO 63110
rusty@cbnewsi.ATT.COM (medford.w.haddock) (06/03/89)
How 'bout trying to interactively DELETE an address that has two or more
aliases pointing to it? If I have the following alias in my alias database:
kinky, funtime = Nice blonde = goodtime@times-square.nyc.ny.usa
Running Elm (2.2PL8) and interactively deleting the alias 'funtime' or
'kinky' will have Elm go through all the motions of "updating" the alias
file and re-read it but truely NOT deleting either alias.
What should really happen here?
Not allow double aliases?
Remove the alias from the line but leave the other and the address?
Remove both aliases and thus the entire line?
Warn the user of the double alias and, if OK'ed, delete both?
Warn the user of the double alias and, if OK'ed, delete the one?
I opt for the last one.
-Rusty-
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