Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!ncar!asuvax!hrc!gtephx!yountm From: yountm@gtephx.UUCP (Marvin Yount) Newsgroups: comp.mail.elm Subject: Old mail overwriting new mail Keywords: Bug in Elm 2.2 PL0? Message-ID: <450cf429.1070b@gtephx.UUCP> Date: 15 Aug 89 21:44:37 GMT Distribution: na Organization: AG Communication Systems, Phoenix, Arizona Lines: 20 I'm currently running Elm 2.2 PL0 in a sys5 mail environment on an Apollo SR9.7 system. Recently I've had a problem with newly received mail being overwritten by an older piece of mail. Yes, I know that sounds backwards, but when I try to read the new mail, I'm instead shown the oldest mail in my mailbox. I've been keeping some mail for extended periods of time as a reminder of things I need to follow-up on. I understand that this is probably not an intended use of any mailer, but I do find it useful. Is there a time limit for keeping old mail in the mailbox? If not, is there a bug in Elm 2.2 PL0 that causes this overwriting of mail to occur? I'm trying to get our site up to PL10, but I have so far been unable to obtain patch #2. If my problem is fixed in one of these patches, terrific. If not, could it get put on a list of fixes for 2.2 or even 2.3? Or, am I just abusing the intent of Elm and need to change my ways? Any thoughts or suggestions will be greatly appreciated. Thanks, -- ====================================================================== Marv Yount (yountm@gtephx) UUCP: {ncar!noao!asuvax | uunet!zardoz!hrc}!gtephx!yountm AG Communication Systems, Phoenix