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- From: 00mjstum@leo.bsuvc.bsu.edu (Matthew J. Stum)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.vms
- Subject: MAIL problem (NOT newmail count :)
- Message-ID: <1992Dec30.122948.13315@bsu-ucs>
- Date: 30 Dec 92 17:29:48 GMT
- Organization: Widget Enterprises
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- Hey, I have a MAIL question, and it doesn't involve the NEWMAIL count.. :-)
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- Anyway, it's nothing tragic, but I've been wondering for a long time now
- why we end up with a lot of MAIL.LIS files in our [SYSLOST] directories.
- Here's my assumption based on what little detective work I've been
- motivated to do: The MAIL.LIS files are temporary files used when PRINTing
- from MAIL... however, for some reason the MAIL.LIS file doesn't get deleted
- properly. More like a SET FILE/REMOVE thing.
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- The problem arises that we have quotas enabled on our user disks and it
- wreaks havoc with a user if (s)he prints a lot from MAIL.
-
- Is this normal? Or do we have something set up strangely? Is there
- another way around it besides routinely cleaning the [SYSLOST] directories
- of MAIL.LIS files?
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- Hmmm... now that I think of it, I don't use PRINT/DELETE a whole lot... is
- this something connected with the queueing system and not MAIL? I don't
- see anything about PRINT in the docs that would nail it down one way or
- another.
-
- Thanx...
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- Matt Stum Gwydion ap Myrddin Ball State University
- 00mjstum@leo.bsuvc.bsu.edu Shire of Afonlyn, MK Muncie, IN USA
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