Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!seismo!decuac!macom1!michael From: michael@macom1.UUCP (Michael Mullins) Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix Subject: Re: Input buffer overflow Message-ID: <239@macom1.UUCP> Date: Fri, 24-Jul-87 09:01:52 EDT Article-I.D.: macom1.239 Posted: Fri Jul 24 09:01:52 1987 Date-Received: Sat, 25-Jul-87 13:47:18 EDT References: <1987Jul23.205049.4351@gpu.utcs.toronto.edu> Organization: CENTEL Business Information Systems INC.,Rockville, MD. Lines: 16 in article <1987Jul23.205049.4351@gpu.utcs.toronto.edu>, jensen@gpu.utcs.toronto.edu (Michael Jensen) says: > Checksum: 06976 > > > > Suddenly my AT clone is giving "input buffer overflow" endlessly until I by > chance hit Ctrl-\ about 50% of the time just when i run mail, all the other > SCO Xenix 2.2 utilities still seem to work fine.... > Any suggestions? The question that comes to mind very quickly is, "How much mail do you get per day?" or even better, "Does anyone send you large files?" The reason for those questions is that mail chokes when "/usr/spool/mail/name" becomes too large. What the size limmit is, I don't know. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------