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- From: carl@SOL1.GPS.CALTECH.EDU (Carl J Lydick)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.vms
- Subject: re: MAIL problem (NOT newmail count :)
- Date: 3 Jan 1993 09:14:09 GMT
- Organization: HST Wide Field/Planetary Camera
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- Distribution: world
- Message-ID: <1i6ap1INNrct@gap.caltech.edu>
- References: <9212311443.AA20444@uu3.psi.com>,<C04z41.Jnz@micrognosis.co.uk>
- Reply-To: carl@SOL1.GPS.CALTECH.EDU
- NNTP-Posting-Host: sol1.gps.caltech.edu
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- In article <C04z41.Jnz@micrognosis.co.uk>, nreadwin@micrognosis.co.uk (Neil Readwin) writes:
- >A couple of people have explained about the lost MAIL.LIS files being
- >created for print jobs from MAIL ... does anyone know a reason why lost
- >MAIL.TXT files get created? We get large numbers of these on our system
- >disk. They are almost always zero length and all the ones I can find at
- >the moment are owned by the MAIL$SERVER account (which is used for
- >incoming DECnet mail access). Neil.
-
- As you guessed, MAIL_SERVER.EXE creates MAIL.TXT files as temporary files to
- hold incoming messages. Only after the MAIL-11 protocol conversation with the
- remote host has completed are the files merged with the addressee's MAIL.MAI
- and the temporary MAIL.TXT files deleted.
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Carl J Lydick | INTERnet: CARL@SOL1.GPS.CALTECH.EDU | 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.
-