Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!rutgers!sunybcs!boulder!hao!noao!mcdsun!asuvax!kennedy From: kennedy@asuvax.UUCP (Ralph Kennedy) Newsgroups: comp.os.vms Subject: Re: an interesting [MAIL] problem I have.... Summary: Try this... Message-ID: <161@asuvax.UUCP> Date: 14 Dec 87 22:44:59 GMT References: <8712080300.AA06591@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> <9587@udenva.cair.du.edu> Organization: Arizona State Univ, Tempe Lines: 25 In article <9587@udenva.cair.du.edu>, jrozbori@udenva.cair.du.edu (Jim Rozboril) writes: > In article <3123@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu> tedcrane@tcgould.tn.cornell.edu (Ted Crane) writes: > >By now, several people must have offered the solution to this problem > >(new mail counter and contents of NEWMAIL folder out of synch). > >READ/NEW is documented, but the situation is so silly that no matter > >how many times I hear the problem, I've never felt the need to point > >the user at the manual. > > > Hey folks, I tried read/new and it didn't work. Any other suggestions? > > roz Individual users can use read/new to fix the problem, but it is tricky. I believe you have to first send yourself a dummy letter, then enter mail and hitto read it, then say read/new. It's been awhile since I've had to do this, but I remember that the dummy letter is necessary. From a sysadmin point of view, the problem can be fixed by running sys$examples:mailuaf.com and entering REMOVE and ADD . Ralph Kennedy uucp: ...ihnp4!mot!asuvax!kennedy Engineering Comp. Serv. csnet: kennedy@asu.CSNET Arizona St. Univ. Tempe, AZ 85287