mhw@fithp (Marc Weinstein) (06/14/91)
I'm having a number of problems with mailx, originally received from
THE STORE!.
First, there are times when I'll receive a number of mail messages
from different systems, yet the display of messages (from the 'h'
command) will show some messages coming from the wrong systems. I
think it happens only with two consecutive messages - mailx will show
both messages as coming from the sender of the first message. The
Subject displayed is always correct, though. I think it's especially
sensitive to smail-type messages, where the message header contains
multiple reply fields (eg - both a From: field and a Reply-To: field).
The second problem is coupled with heavy I/O activity on a tty. When
typing my mail messages, characters, or entire lines, can be lost and
don't show up in the message - it's as if I never typed them, yet they
showed up on the screen as I was typing. For instance, if I'm receiving
netnews batches on my tty, even at 2400 baud, I'll notice I made a mistake
in my mail message and I'll do a ~v to enter vi. To my shock and surprise,
half the message I typed in has disappeared - lines are truncated, etc.
It's as if mailx had gone to sleep and ignored half my input.
Has anyone seen these problems?
--
Marc Weinstein
{simon,royko,tellab5}!linac!fithp!mhw Elmhurst, IL
-or- {internet host}!linac.fnal.gov!fithp!mhwtkacik@kyzyl.mi.org (Tom Tkacik) (06/16/91)
In article <1991Jun13.233136.9742@fithp>, mhw@fithp (Marc Weinstein) writes: > I'm having a number of problems with mailx, originally received from > THE STORE!. > > First, there are times when I'll receive a number of mail messages > from different systems, yet the display of messages (from the 'h' > command) will show some messages coming from the wrong systems. I > think it happens only with two consecutive messages - mailx will show > both messages as coming from the sender of the first message. The > Subject displayed is always correct, though. I think it's especially > sensitive to smail-type messages, where the message header contains > multiple reply fields (eg - both a From: field and a Reply-To: field). I have seen this more often than I would like. It seems to me that it happens when one message does not have a subject line. For some reason that message is said to come from the same person as the message before it. It is definitely a bug. I got used to it when I realized that without the source, there was nothing I could do about it. I will take unsupported free software with source before unsupported software without source anyday. (I continue to use mailx because I am used to /usr/ucb/mail, and mailx seems to be a clone of that.) > The second problem is coupled with heavy I/O activity on a tty. When I have not seen this problem yet. I have a question of my own. When replying to a message, mailx will insert the current message indented (with a tab). I would like to use the standard '> ' to precede each line of an inserted message. Does anybody know if this can be done? -- Tom Tkacik | tkacik@kyzyl.mi.org | To rent this space, call 1-800-555-QUIP. tkacik@hobbes.cs.gmr.com |
clewis@ferret.ocunix.on.ca (Chris Lewis) (06/17/91)
In article <1991Jun13.233136.9742@fithp> mhw@fithp (Marc Weinstein) writes: >I'm having a number of problems with mailx, originally received from >THE STORE!. We tried it for a while, and had a lot of problems with core-dumping. Can't remember the details. We've been using mush for several years now and have very few (if any) problems. None serious. Further, the non-curses mode is enough like Berkeley Mail/AT&T mailx that people use to them won't have any trouble. -- Chris Lewis, Phone: (613) 832-0541, Domain: clewis@ferret.ocunix.on.ca UUCP: ...!cunews!latour!ecicrl!clewis; Ferret Mailing List: ferret-request@eci386; Psroff (not Adobe Transcript) enquiries: psroff-request@eci386 or Canada 416-832-0541. Psroff 3.0 in c.s.u soon!