[comp.mail.elm] elm 2.2 corrupts mailbox!

david@wubios.wustl.edu (David J. Camp) (05/25/89)

Help!  I am having a problem with elm 2.2 PL7.  I know this is better
than what happened in elm 2.1 PL1, but it is still a major problem that
ought to have a better solution.

Here is the problem:  When I run out of /tmp space while saving an elm
folder, I lose the messages at the end of the file.  It seems like elm
should be able to leave the original notebook intact.  This happens when
I use 'q' after reading new mail and deleting no messages.  It seems
like in elm 2.1 PL1, under these circumstances elm would not rewrite the
notebook at all.  Please, is there a way when the file system fills that
the original notebook could be left intact?  We are using elm 2.2 PL7 on
a Sun 3/260 running SunOS 4.0.1.

Thank you for your efforts.  -David-
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