Xref: utzoo comp.mail.misc:1154 comp.unix.questions:8661 Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!lll-tis!helios.ee.lbl.gov!nosc!ucsd!rutgers!cs.utexas.edu!pp!catwoman!ables From: ables@catwoman.ACA.MCC.COM (King Ables) Newsgroups: comp.mail.misc,comp.unix.questions Subject: strange timing problem in /usr/ucb/Mail Message-ID: <13@catwoman.ACA.MCC.COM> Date: 9 Aug 88 19:43:23 GMT Organization: MCC, Austin, TX Lines: 28 We noticed a strange timing problem in /usr/ucb/Mail today that we've been seeing for some time (so I suspect it exists in MANY versions). We are currently running SunOS 3.5 on the machine where the problem occurs, but have observed *at least* as far back as 3.0. I suspect it exists from the original Berkeley code. The problem occurs when replying to a message which many recipients and you ^D at the end of the message and the CC: line is shown to you (you have askcc set in your .mailrc). If the Cc: line has several addresses on it so that it wraps to a 2nd line AND if you hit ^D and(the in response to the Cc: line prompt) VERY QUICKLY, there seems to be a timing problem where the 2nd line's worth of text (the part that was wrapped) isn't gathered up and processed so you wind up with a partial CC: line going out. This has the effect of possibly leaving some people off the Cc: line and usually cutting some address in half so that it no longer is a valid address (half a hostname or some such). Has anyone noticed this before and has anyone ever done anything about it? I don't want to go figuring it out for myself is someone already has fixed it. Thanks for any info. -king ARPA: ables@mcc.com UUCP: {gatech,nbires,seismo,ucb-vax}!cs.utexas.edu!pp!ables