Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!lll-lcc!mordor!styx!ames!ucbcad!ucbvax!UORDB2.BITNET!JCOV From: JCOV@UORDB2.BITNET Newsgroups: mod.computers.vax Subject: how to get around VMS mail problem Message-ID: <8612310024.AA01143@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> Date: Sat, 27-Dec-86 04:57:00 EST Article-I.D.: ucbvax.8612310024.AA01143 Posted: Sat Dec 27 04:57:00 1986 Date-Received: Wed, 31-Dec-86 00:43:02 EST Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: The ARPA Internet Lines: 33 Approved: info-vax@sri-kl.arpa I wonder if any one has been able to get around the problem where VMS mail only sends a screenfull at a time? I tried setting /page=0 which crapped out the poor thing altogether. I have an application where I want to send 20-30 page messages to about 20-30 users and I would like to make the whole thing rather idiot proof. I don't want to make the user extract the message into a file name and then type the file although that is what I want to accomplish in fact either by means of a program or com file. If necessary, I would like to know the format of the mail file and I could write something to go in there and get the stuff out by force. I would like to be able to delete messages automatically from verious folders after several days. Has anyone played with this stuff? Should I be using a completely different set of utilities altogether? Thanks much. John Covici