Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site magic.ARPA Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!mit-eddie!genrad!decvax!decwrl!magic!kolling From: kolling@magic.ARPA Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards Subject: Re: 4.2 lost mail Message-ID: <118@magic.ARPA> Date: Wed, 28-Nov-84 20:17:55 EST Article-I.D.: magic.118 Posted: Wed Nov 28 20:17:55 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 30-Nov-84 05:59:17 EST Distribution: net Organization: DEC Systems Research, Palo Alto Lines: 23 >Is anyone aware of a problem that causes local mail not to be delivered >on a 4.2 system. Once a week or so, I receive a report from someone >who is sure that local mail was not delivered. No error indication is >returned to the sender and no trace of the message can be found. I've >confirmed a few cases, so I'm sure that all cases are not user errors. >Any ideas? Both mh and mhe users can lose mail if they use emacs to compose messages and write the message to a file before sending it. The write breaks the connection between the buffer and the file mh/mhe expects the message to be in, so an essentially empty buffer is mailed, and even the empty buffer doesn't get to the intended recipient since the To field is empty also. However, this does "leave a trace". In the log files you'll find a message-id line and a From line, but no To line. Karen (kolling@decwrl.arpa or circus::kolling)