scs@vax3.iti.org (Steve Simmons) (04/21/89)
Circumtances: looking at a mailbox, some messages are deleted. Give
the 'q' command. In .elm/elmrc, ask = OFF.
Under 4.3 BSD, you are asked if the messages marked for deletion should
be deleted. Under 5.2 on a UNIX-PC, they are automaticly deleted. ???
Steve Simmons Just another midwestern boy
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"Hey...you *can* get here from here!"rob@PacBell.COM (Rob Bernardo) (04/21/89)
In article <997@itivax.iti.org> scs@vax3.iti.org (Steve Simmons) writes:
+Circumtances: looking at a mailbox, some messages are deleted. Give
+the 'q' command. In .elm/elmrc, ask = OFF.
+
+Under 4.3 BSD, you are asked if the messages marked for deletion should
+be deleted. Under 5.2 on a UNIX-PC, they are automaticly deleted. ???
Despite what the subject line says, this is *not* a BSD vs SYSV difference.
Something is wrong on your UNIX-PC. Nothing should be automatically
deleted with the 'q' command. It sounds like something is awry and the
command is being treated as if a 'Q'. Are you ***sure*** you are using the
newly compiled elm2.2 and not an earlier version? (Listen, I do stoopid
things, too. :-) ).
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In article <5082@pbhyf.PacBell.COM> rob@PacBell.COM (Rob Bernardo) writes: >In article <997@itivax.iti.org> scs@vax3.iti.org (Steve Simmons) writes: >+Under 4.3 BSD, you are asked if the messages marked for deletion should >+be deleted. Under 5.2 on a UNIX-PC, they are automaticly deleted. ??? > >Despite what the subject line says, this is *not* a BSD vs SYSV difference. >Something is wrong on your UNIX-PC. Nothing should be automatically >deleted with the 'q' command . . . . Are you ***sure*** you are using the >newly compiled elm2.2 and not an earlier version? (Listen, I do stoopid >things, too. :-) ). Well, my latest stoopid thing was complaining before double-checking. I was comparing the performance of 'c' with 'q'. At home my UNIX-PC tends to have an elm window running for days on end. When I actually quit, things worked the same on both systems. Mea culpa, mea culpa, mea maxima culpa. Steve Simmons Just another midwestern boy scs@vax3.iti.org -- or -- ...!sharkey!itivax!scs "Hey...you *can* get here from here!"