NetNews Usenet Archive 1992 #31/NN_1992_31.iso/spool/comp/os/vms/19775

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From: [e-mail] (Carl J Lydick)
Newsgroups: comp.os.vms
Subject: Re: NEWMAIL COUNT incorrect....
Date: 23 Dec 1992 12:31:03 GMT
Organization: HST Wide Field/Planetary Camera
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In article <[e-mail]>, [e-mail] (Mike Bandy) writes:
=[e-mail] (Mark Tarka) writes:
=
=>Ehud Gavron had apparently solved a problem with phantom newmail counts.
=>I never saw the original traffic on the topic.  I'm a user here on
=>campus; during the login, I'm given the message that I have n mail
=>messages -- there is a residual of four, now five, which do not exist.
=>If I could get a solution to this problem, I could forward it to the
=>appropriate desk for action.  Thanks.
=
=Neither did I, but I remember my old boss' 10 lines of DCL (copy this;
=mail that; delete other;...) to fix the problem.  I innocently asked him
=why he didn't just do a READ/NEW from within mail.  He about went
=through the ceiling!  I hope the portion of the thread I've missed
=was not a lengthy solution to a trivial problem.  However, I don't
=remember whether the READ/NEW clears the count, or decrements it.

First of all, Ehud now owes me the cost of a Band-Aid (I had to apply it to my
elbow when I suffered an abrasion when I fell out of my chair laughing when I
tried his "solution").

Second, I hereby nominate Ehud for the position of "First winner of the
obfuscated VMS_SHARE [said contest created after the fact] contest."

Thirdly, to fix your new mail count:
    1)  Read all your REAL new mail;
    2)  Issue the MAIL command READ/NEW

Fourthly:  Try to get your hands on Ehud's MACRO32 program.  It's hilarious!
(But don't run it until you're someplace with a soft floor!)
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Carl J Lydick | INTERnet: [e-mail] | NSI/HEPnet: SOL1::CARL

Disclaimer:  Hey, I understand VAXen and VMS.  That's what I get paid for.  My
understanding of astronomy is purely at the amateur level (or below).  So
unless what I'm saying is directly related to VAX/VMS, don't hold me or my
organization responsible for it.  If it IS related to VAX/VMS, you can try to
hold me responsible for it, but my organization had nothing to do with it.