Claude.P.Cantin@NRC.CA (07/12/90)
From: Ken Lalonde <ken@cs.toronto.edu> Two days ago, I sent a request for help concerning a Unmatched ". error when I was trying to read some mail (using the BSD mail interface). The first reply I got was from Ken Lalonde (cs.toronto.edu) and he hit the spot!!! Here is part of what he wrote: >Sounds to me like the error is coming from the shell, not Mail. >For messages longer than a certain length (the value of the "crt" variable), >Mail forks your PAGER (default "more"). It uses your shell to invoke >the PAGER. >It may be that your PAGER variable has an extra quote in it, or >there is a problem with your .cshrc, or /etc/cshrc. >The problem wouldn't show up when reading short messages, since no >PAGER is started in that case. >Try doing this inside Mail and see if the problem goes away: > set SHELL=/bin/sh >I have the above command in my .mailrc. It is a lot >faster to start /bin/sh than /bin/csh, especially if you have >no .profile. I got rid of my "PAGER" definition, and all seems well... Thanks everyone (specially Ken) to make this list work!!! Claude Cantin