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- From: ae547@yfn.ysu.edu (Ronda Hauben)
- Subject: Re: Elm 2.4 PL 8 Problems
- Message-ID: <1992Nov18.155738.19325@news.ysu.edu>
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- Reply-To: ae547@yfn.ysu.edu (Ronda Hauben)
- Organization: St. Elizabeth Hospital, Youngstown, OH
- References: <1992Nov17.150830.1361@elegant.com> <34033@adm.brl.mil>
- Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 15:57:38 GMT
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- In a previous article, rstory@elegant.com (Robert Story) says:
-
- >In article <34033@adm.brl.mil> maschepe@thama1.apgea.army.mil (Michael A. Schepers) writes:
- >> Hi,
- >>
- >> I just downloaded a copy of the latest version of ELM. This is
- >> version 2.4 with several patches included. I have been able to
- >> successfully install this version up to patch level 6 without and
- >> real problems. However, when I try to implement PL 7 and 8, I get
- >> errors. The binaries compile successfully, but the "elm" binary
- >> gets an error when I execute it.
- >>
- >> Reading in /u/ir/maschepe/mailbox, message: 203
- >> newmbox - length of mbox. != spool mailbox length!!
- >>
- >> Write to temp file failed, exiting leaving mailbox intact!
- >>
- >> Elm 2.4 PL8 works fine with an empty mail folder at startup, but
- >> will bomb if your default mailbox contains more than a few
- >> messages.
- >>
- >> Currently I am using MMDF as my Mail Transport Agent on a Pyramid
- >> running OSx5.1a. If anyone has any suggestions, I welcome your
- >> input.
- >>
- >>
- >> --
- >> Michael Schepers
- >> Potomac Research, Inc.
- >> maschepe@thama1.apgea.army.mil
- >>
- >
- >Yes, I experience the same on SCO Unix using mmdf BUT not on an AIX
- >system. Perhaps the common thread is mmdf!?
- >
- >-Robert.
- >
-
- Can someone explain what mmdf is? I am having the same problem at
- my ronda@umcc.ais.org email site and it hasn't been acknowledged
- as the result of a bug there yet.
-
- Someone else suggested that the problem had to do with an
- "embedded content length header" which Elm had trouble dealing with.
-
- It doesn't seem that the existence of this bug is being taken very
- seriously in general but it caused me real trouble and hours
- of trying to deal with the damage it did and I still haven't
- been able to recover from the problems it has caused :(
-
- So it is especially frustrating that it doesn't seem that it is
- being dealt with as the real bug that it is.
-
-
- >
- --
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