Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.3 4.3bsd-beta 6/6/85; site ucbvax.ARPA Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ucbvax!wiscvm.arpa!MANAGER%UMDHEP.BITNET From: MANAGER%UMDHEP.BITNET@WISCVM.ARPA Newsgroups: fa.info-vax Subject: MAIL Message-ID: <8509181854.AA00215@UCB-VAX.ARPA> Date: Wed, 18-Sep-85 20:50:19 EDT Article-I.D.: UCB-VAX.8509181854.AA00215 Posted: Wed Sep 18 20:50:19 1985 Date-Received: Fri, 20-Sep-85 03:46:22 EDT Sender: daemon@ucbvax.ARPA Reply-To: info-vax@ucb-vax.arpa Organization: The ARPA Internet Lines: 13 The reason that MAIL ejects 24 blank lines when it does not recognize the terminal type (but one of the terminal characteristics, scope/hardcopy, must be on scope) is because it is using the Screen ManaGement routines. Prior to VMS4.2, the SMG routines tried to clear the screen when deleting the window that was initialized at the beginning of MAIL, and since it did not recognize the terminal type, it had to simulate a form-feed. VMS4.2 has corrected this problem. Todd Aven