Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!decvax!ucbvax!carleton.edu!LLACROIX From: LLACROIX@carleton.edu.UUCP Newsgroups: mod.computers.vax Subject: MAIL messages lost between NEWMAIL and WASTEBASKET Message-ID: <8612251351.AA20740@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> Date: Thu, 4-Dec-86 00:55:00 EST Article-I.D.: ucbvax.8612251351.AA20740 Posted: Thu Dec 4 00:55:00 1986 Date-Received: Thu, 25-Dec-86 18:43:52 EST Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: The ARPA Internet Lines: 31 Approved: info-vax@sri-kl.arpa Ever since VMS 4.0 I have on occasion seen this bug, which happened again tonight on a VMS 4.4 system. I have not tried very hard to reproduce it to send in an SPR, but will do so soon. I would appreciate hearing from anyone who has a good workaround. I make a digest of Info-VAX articles for local redistribution. While making the archive I move a message to a folder named "info-vax", and go on to the next message by pressing the"return" key. Usually that is another message from Info-VAX, so I hit the up-arrow key (recalling the "move info-vax" command) followed by two carriage-returns in quick succession. All goes well until I decide to delete a message w/o adding it to the digest. After reading the next message, in my carelessness I may just hit the Up-arrow/cr/cr sequence, thinking I'll be moving it to info-vax, but instead I end up deleting it. Here's the rub. I would like to recover the deleted message. Unfortunately, if I SELECT WASTEBASKET, the message isn't there! As a matter of fact, it is nowhere in any of my folders. Ok, I know I should be a little more careful. I should also probably define a key to be "move info-vax"/terminate, but that doesn't help for the other times when I overzealously delete a message. It happens if I have AUTO-PURGE on or off, although next time I will try setting AUTOPURGE OFF, exiting MAIL and reentering again before I look in the WASTEBASKET. Any other hints? Feel free to respond directly and I'll summarize if I get any interesting responses. Les LaCroix | csnet: llacroix@carleton.edu SPSS, Inc. | uucp: ...ihnp4!gargoyle!spsspyr!lacroix 402 Washington Street | Northfield, MN 55057-2027 |